Leh, July 18 -- Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Friday commissioned India's first two geothermal wells at Puga Valley in Ladakh, marking a significant step towards the country's first geothermal power project and the Union Territory's transition to clean energy.
The two wells, each drilled to a depth of 1,000 metres at an altitude of over 14,000 feet by the ONGC Energy Centre, are expected to support the proposed 1 MW pilot geothermal power project at Puga, which will be India's first demonstration-scale geothermal power plant.
Officials said the project is aimed at advancing Ladakh's renewable energy capacity and aligns with the Centre's vision of promoting carbon-neutral development in the region.
According to the administration, th...