Mohra Power Project
In April 2026, the Jammu and Kashmir government announced plans to revive the historic Mohra Power Project, a 120-year-old hydroelectric plant that has remained defunct since the 1990s. The move is part of accelerated efforts on power projects following the Government of India’s decision to place the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in abeyance after the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025.
- Mohra Power Project, also called the Mahura Project, stands on the Jhelum River in Uri, Baramulla.
- It was commissioned in 1905 as the first hydroelectric plant in the Kashmir Valley.
- The project originally had a capacity of around ....
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