Question

Rammam hydroelectric power plant is located in
1. Jalpaiguri
2. Cooch Bihar
3. Bankura
4. Darjeeling

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Darjeeling

The correct answer is Darjeeling.

• Rammam Hydroelectric Power Plant India is located 3km upstream of Lodhama, Darjeeling district, West Bengal.
• This infrastructure is of type Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 50 MW.
• It has 4 unit(s). The first unit was commissioned in 1995 and the last in 1996.
• Sidrapong Hydroelectric Power Station is another power station in Darjeeling.
  • It is the oldest hydel power station or hydroelectric power plant in India.
  • This power station is fed with water from the three jhoras (streams): Kotwali, Hospital, and Barbatia.

• List of power stations:

  POWER PLANT	OPERATOR	LOCATION
  Mejia Thermal Power Station	DVC	Bankura
  Farakka Super Thermal Power Station	NTPC	Farakka, Murshidabad
  Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station	WBPDCL	Birbhum
  Kolaghat Thermal Power Station	WBPDCL	Purba Medinipur district
  Panchet Hydroelectric, Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station	DVC	Purulia