The proposal to shift the 1,095 mega watt (MG) Punatsangchu-I project, to a new dam location was approved by authorities comprising Bhutanese and Indian officials at the Punatsangchu hydropower authority (PHPA) meeting on August 8, at the capital.
The new location means an increase in the generation capacity of the station from 1,095 MW to 1,200 MW. "This happened because of shifting the dam to a better location. It gave us the additional head of 105 MW because of more quantity and force of water,' said the managing director of Tala hydro project authority (THPA), R N Khazanchi.