Jhakri

This place is well known for Nathpa Jhakri Project. Just 10km from Rampur this project is under construction of a pick up Dam on the river Satluj at Nathpa about 3.8 km down stream of Wangtu in Kinnaur region for diversion of a design discharge of 284cu. through a 27.7km tunnel aligned on the left bank utilising a head of 490 meters. Currently the installed capacity of the Dam is about 1025MW but in future it will generate about 5000MW.