Srinagar, Oct. 3 -- Srinagar- The Centre is considering new hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, including Sawalkot, even as work on major projects such as Ratle, Pakal Dul, Kiroo and Kwar is progressing, Union Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal said on Saturday.

Agarwal said the ongoing projects would help meet the power requirements of Jammu and Kashmir and also contribute to meeting electricity demand in other parts of the country.

"We are already working on big projects like Ratle, Pakal Dul, Kiroo, Kwar. And we are making good progress. And we are getting the full support of the UT administration. We will also think about other new projects," Agarwal told reporters in Srinagar.

On the proposed Sawalkot hydropower project, he said...