UREDA Initiatives for Community-Based Hydro Power Projects

• PRESENTATION PLAN History of watermills in Uttarakhand (with data) Tracing the tradition: milling in the village (when did electricity generation start?) Advent of electricity: impact of power milling on small watermills • The classification of watermills Size classification (with power generation and milling data) Ownership and governance (with data) • Performance of watermills: Historical and current (with data) · • Policy on watermills (and changes over the years) Current and future potential: activities (with data, ie, milling, power generation and others) Conditions required for optimal potential (Comparison with any neighbouring country data?) • What is the expectation of Uttarakhand's watermills potential? From the people From the authorities (expect to link policy with community expectation here) • Conclusion Funded by Ai Ai Northumbria UPES GCRF ☐ University NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY WITH A PURPOSE Global Challenges Research Fund

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