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Detailed explanation-1: -State-run power equipment maker Bhel today said it has commissioned first unit of 110 MW of the Kishanganga hydro-electric project (HEP) of NHPC in Jammu and Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kishanganga Power station (3x110MW) is located on Kishanganga River, a tributary of river Jhelum in Bandipora District of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-3: -330 MW Kishanganga Hydro Electric Project, located in Bandipora District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is a run of river scheme.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant was part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power scheme in Azad Kashmir designed to divert water from the Neelum River to a power station on the Jhelum River. The power station is located 42 km (26 mi) south of Muzaffarabad, and has an installed capacity of 969 MW.