Glacier fed fast moving perennial streams in western Himalayan region present a scope of vast hydropower potential in this region. Indian states in this region are striving hard to tap this potential by promoting run of the river (RoR) hydropower projects in a big way. However large RoR...

Small hydropower projects (SHPs), though generally considered more environmentally benign and socially acceptable as compared to large projects, yet their overall sustainability is under suspicion in the Himalayan regions. Almost all SHPs in this region are being developed as run of the river...