Due to recent heavy rain in many states of north India and high slit, a number of hydro projects in these states were temporarily shut down causing revenue loss of more than 275 crore rupees.

In a reply in Lok Sabha Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh said that 23 Central and State projects and 6 private sector projects, mostly in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir were shut down due to heavy rains. He informed the house that now all hydro-electric projects except Larji HEP project in Himachal Pradesh have been re-operationalized.