Phata Byung Hydroelectric Project

The Phata Byung Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-river project located on the cascade of the Mandakini River, a major tributary of the Alakananda River, Uttarakhand, India. The purpose of the project is to divert the water for the generation of electricity.

The project activity includes civil structures such as a concrete dam and other infrastructure.

The project comprises a 26 m high concrete gravity dam with a submergence length of 520 m, an underground powerhouse, intake structures, a water-conducting system, an underground powerhouse, a 9.38 km headrace tunnel, tailrace tunnel. The project is located about 10.20 km downstream on the right bank of the Mandakini River near Byung village. The installed capacity of the powerhouse is 76 MW.

Encardio-rite was awarded the sub-contract for the supply as well as the installation of safety monitoring instrumentation for the project. The instrumentation included

• Piezometer - foundation
• Automatic Water Level Recorder
• Pressure cells
• Tilt meters (Biaxial)
• Joint meters
• Standpipe piezometer
• Automatic weather station
• Data acquisition system