United Nations

2 MW Chakshi mini Hydro Power Project is operated by Puri Oil Mills Ltd. (POML) as a run of the river project proposing utilization of the flow of the river Chakshi Nala, a tributary of Parvati River. The objective of the project activity is to generate electricity by using potential energy of water which is a renewable source of energy. This reduces Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by harnessing clean energy instead of using fossil fuel based power generation.

Contribution of the project to sustainable development: The contributions of project activity towards sustainable development are explained with indicators like contributions to social well-being, economic prosperity, environmental well-being and technological aspects as follows:

Contribution of the project to Social Wellbeing:

• The project leads to social wellbeing by establishing direct and indirect benefits through employment generation and improved economic activities by strengthening of local grid of the state electricity utility. This includes improvement of electricity quality, frequency and availability as the electricity is fed into a deficit grid.

Contribution to Environmental Wellbeing:

• The project generates power using the renewable source and supplies the electricity to Southern Grid (SE) which would have been generated by fossil fuel based power plants in the absence of the project. The project activity avoids greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. By utilizing renewable energy sources, the project helps in prevention of fossil fuels like coal, gas, natural gas. The impact of the project is minimal as the project is a run-of-river based power plant.

Contribution to Economic Wellbeing:

• Economic wellbeing refers to additional investment consistent with the needs of the local community. The project creates direct and indirect job opportunities to the local community during construction and provides permanent job opportunities. During operation of the project, local people get employed directly, apart from indirect employment. These activities contribute to the economic wellbeing of the local community.
• The construction of the hydro power plant is helping generate employment opportunity for large groups of people around the project activity. This increases the skill set of the people and eventually raises the economic standards of the people.

Contribution to Technological Wellbeing:

• The project consists of the power generation through eco-friendly resource of energy i.e. Hydro, which is a well safe and proven technology.

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