Ground Mounted Solar- Capacity Addition

11.5 MW ground mounted solar at Bhiwani & Hisar Sub-Stations has been successfully commissioned and CoD was declared on 11.03.2026. The same was dedicated to Nation by Hon'ble Union Minister of Power on 15.03.2026. This is the first fresh capacity addition by BBMB after creation of the Board.

Roof Top Solar- Capacity Addition

4.2 MW Roof Top Solar at various office/ residential buildings of BBMB under PM Surya Ghar Yogana was commissioned during the year 2025-26.

Induction of new technology

Hydrokinetic turbines are being deployed in the Nangal Hydel Channel with the country’s largest hydro kinetic turbine under construction at Kotla as a pilot project. Once the pilot project is successfully demonstrated, this technology can be deployed in producing low cost hydro energy in canals all over the country.

Pump Storage Project

BBMB had self-identified 8 PSP’s with to total installed capacity of more than 13,000 MW for which discussions are under process in the Board w.r.t those provisions in the H.P State Hydro Policy which are not aligned with the national policy/ guidelines.

Generation from Power Stations

In-spite of old Power Stations with age varying from 43 years to 72 years, and with pending R&M for Dehar and Pong plants, BBMB power stations have generated 11,198 MUs of energy, which is about 18 % more than annual design energy of 9515 MU and about 17% more than CEA target of 9600 MU for the year 2025-26.

Enhancing Security and Safety aspects of Projects

As per directives from IB/MHA, CISF was deployed in the Bhakra Nangal Project during the year 2025-26 on hybrid mode with CISF at critical posts and State Police in other posts. The CISF was earlier deployed in the BSL Project during the year 2024-25. To cater to the security of the townships, boundary wall is being getting constructed in the projects and private security is being planned to be deployed at townships during the year 2026-27. A SOP has been framed to address issues related to encroachment of BBMB land at projects.

Prudent System Operations & Additional Revenue Generation

An amount of about ₹60 Crores has been earned by BBMB during the FY2025-26 on account of Deviation Settlement Mechanism and Reactive Energy Accounting Mechanism, which is a result of prudent system operations. This is the second highest annual revenue through DSM mechanism achieved by BBMB since the start of the DSM mechanism.

Transparent Scrap Disposal under Swachhata initiatives & Additional Revenue Generation

For the first time in BBMB, the scrap lying idle for decades, an agreement with M/s MSTC was signed and the scrap was auctioned through e- forward auctioning platform of M/s MSTC. BBMB has earned about ₹29 Crores during the year 2025-26.

Efficient running of the Schools and Hospitals

BBMB is running 5 schools in the 3 major projects for employees and local population. The expenditure is being borne by BBMB on deficit financing basis. One school at Pandoh was defunct since years due to shortage of teachers, staff and children. During 2025-26 the EoI for the school was floated and awarded to the successful bidder (DAV) and re-started on no-profit no-loss basis. Efforts are being made to bring transparency in allotment and running of all schools and further running the school on no-profit no-loss basis and the Talwara School has also started functioning on no-profit no-loss basis w.e.f FY 2026-27. BBMB is also running three no. 100 bedded hospital at the 3 projects and no. of dispensaries in other locations for BBMB employees and local population. Efforts were made during the last year to modernize the equipment, renovate buildings and induct staff as per requirement.

DRIP Onboarding & Capacity Building

BBMB joined the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Programme (DRIP) of the Ministry of Jal Shakti during 2025-26 and major works under dam rehabilitation has been kept under the DRIP scheme. Further, some works of consultancy has been taken up with important institutions like IIT, Roorkee; IIT, Ropar; GSI, etc. The DRIP programme is also helping our officers learn modern practices in dam design and rehabilitation through trainings, workshops and study visits.

Under the international training front, one officer has been nominated for one week training in Canada and two officers for two weeks training in Europe during April–May 2026. The training program includes visit to hydro plants in Canada and Europe. In international forum, BBMB has contributed 4 papers in ICOLD 2025 (China) , 3 papers in ICOLD 2026 (Mexico) and 1 paper in CIGRE 2026 (Paris). This is the first time that so many papers have been drafted by our officers and getting accepted in International forums. Three officers attended the International Conference on Dam Safety 2026 during February, 2026. .

BBMB also organised a workshop on best practices in sediment management at Chandigarh in March, 2026. About 90 delegates participated, including around 50 officers from BBMB. In addition, 11 officers were deputed to attend the Bharat Electricity Summit 2026 held in New Delhi during March, 2026. Almost all officers of BBMB were deputed to various training programs/ conferences/ workshops/ study visits, etc. conducted by reputed organizations like CBIP, IIT’s, CWC, IECD, CPSU’s, NPTI, HPTC,CISO, NWA, BBMB, etc. during the year 2025-26.

Early Warning Systems

Advanced Early Warning Systems got installed at Bhakra and Pong projects during the year 2025-26 and scheduled to be installed at BSL Project during April, 2026.

Museum at Nangal

The construction of a world class museum which is a 3 storeyed RCC frame structure, started during the year 2025-26. This will serve as a training centre for engineers and also help in preserving the construction history of the project, depict different models of Bhakra Dam and Power House and a conference hall with seating capacity of 200 persons for conference/ training purpose.

Tourism

Tourism site at Nangal has been identified and an EoI was invited to develop eco-tourism on banks of river Sutlej at BBMB Colony at Nangal. Based on the response, an architect is being engaged to prepare the plan for eco-tourism.

Desilting of Dams

The Bhakra and Pong reservoirs have lost about 26% and 13% of the gross capacity due to silt deposit. BBMB is following a holistic approach in addressing this issue. The steps include estimating silt deposit using latest methods, controlling silt ingress, removal of silt from reservoirs and also building consensus for pursuing efficient reservoir operation to address silt removal from the dams. During the year 2025-26, the measurement of siltation was done for the first time using echo sounder and GPS for the entire reservoir area to get accurate results. Earlier only echo sounding at intervals of 2000 feet was done to estimate the silt in the reservoirs. To control ingress of silt into the reservoirs, works under DRIP has been incorporated to identify hot spots and weak zones that contribute to siltation and partner states have been sensitized to undergo low level operation of reservoirs before monsoons, so as to push silt delta towards Dam and flush the silt from low level outlets in the Dam. For dredging the silt from the reservoirs, both dry dredging/ excavation and wet dredging has been targeted. The tenders for the dry dredging have been floated and EoI is being floated for wet dredging. Further, DoWR was requested to frame a policy similar to the fly ash disposal policy for the thermal power plants. A committee has been constituted by DoWR to address the issue of siltation in dams.

Formulation & Implementation of Reservoir Rule Curve

For the first time in the history of BBMB, the reservoir rule curve was got devised by CWC during the year 2024-25 based on historic inflow-outflow series and other relevant data and the same was got implemented during the year 2025-26. This helped in efficiently managing the floods of 2025 and at the same time led to efficient and optimal reservoir operation.

Administrative reforms

To address the grievance of employees who want transfer to Chandigarh from projects or other stations of choice due to genuine reasons, an online transfer policy has been devised and put to the Board during the last Board meeting. Comments of GoP has been received. The same will be discussed in the upcoming regular meeting of the Board. Online property return, APAR for BBMB employees, on-line Guest House booking, etc. have been initiated during the year 2025-26.

Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluation of Dams by IPOE under DSA, 2021

The CDSE of all 4 specified dams of BBMB viz. Bhakra, Pong, Dehar and Pandoh, got inspected by the IPOE during the year 2025-26.

Finance

During 2025–26, BBMB streamlined pension and GPF functions by implementing Digital Life Certificates (Jeevan Pramaan) for pensioners, consolidating pension disbursement onto a single digital platform, and streamlining the processing of GPF cases. NIC has been onboarded to modernize the accounting and budgeting software, which had not been updated for more than two decades. Along with the implementation of an e-payment system, these initiatives are expected to bring significant efficiency and transparency to financial operations. Additionally, a strict SOP has been introduced to process procurement cases on GeM—from purchase order to payment—reducing delays and enhancing credibility.

Renovation & Modernization, Uprating & Life Extension of old power stations

The Pong project (396 MW) has completed more than 50 years and Dehar Power Plant (990 MW) is completing 50 years shortly. In this regard, the DPR for Renovation, Modernization and Uprating of Dehar Power House has been submitted to CEA for concurrence during February, 2026 and NIT for the Pong is being floated shortly.

Bhakra Dam Deflection

A joint meeting with experts from ICED Roorkee, NDSA and BBMB officers was held on 11th March 2026 to discuss the increasing trend of deflection in Bhakra Dam since 1995. It was decided to carry out a detailed study to find the root cause and suggest a long-term solution, keeping in view the importance of the dam as a national asset. BBMB is engaging ICED, IIT Roorkee for this work along with association of national and international experts by the ICED.

IT Milestones & Digital Transformation

• The FY 2025-26 has been a landmark year for BBMB’s digital evolution, notably with the successful launch of the Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certificate for our pensioners with effect from 1st April, 2026, bringing pensioners a new level of convenience.
• We have fundamentally strengthened our governance by digitizing critical internal processes like ACR/APR submissions, re-employment, compassionate appointments, vigilance complaint handling and legal case monitoring through robust, in-house software solutions—significantly improving efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
• Key accomplishments include compliance of BBMB Website with latest GIGW 3.0 guidelines, shifting of e-Office instance to the Punjab State Data Centre at O/o Punjab DGR, Mohali which enables retaining the funding of partner states within the states..
• To ensure future-ready operations, a work order has been issued to NIC, Punjab to migrate our obsolete desktop applications into a modern, web-based architecture, which also includes provisioning of mobile applications to enhance service delivery for our employees. The applications thus developed shall also be hosted on the Punjab State Data Centre which saves resources in terms of costing, maintenance and manpower of in-house data center.

Awards

• Chairman, BBMB was honoured with the prestigious Capital Foundation National Award for his three-decade outstanding and distinctive contribution to the Green Power sector on 31st August, 2025 at New Delhi. The award was conferred by Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Judge, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the presence of Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Patnaik, Former Judge, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.
• On the occasion of Hindi Diwas (September 14, 2025), BBMB was awarded the first prize in the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Category B). The award was presented by the Honourable Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, at a ceremony held in Gandhinagar. This achievement symbolizes the Bhakra Beas Management Board's continued efforts and determination to promote and propagate the official language, Hindi.
• BBMB was honoured with the Champion – Emerging in Water Management (Power Sector) award at the 19th Exceed Environment, HR & CSR Awards and Conference 2025, held on 31 October 2025 in Bhubaneswar.
• IPPAI presented the 'Best Hydro Power Developer in the Public Sector' award to BBMB at the 26th Regulators & Policy Makers Retreat held in Belgaum, Karnataka, on 10th Jan 2026.
• On February 20, 2026, at the Joint Regional Official Language conference of the Eastern, Northeastern, and Northern regions held in Agartala, the Hon’ble Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sh. Bandi Sanjay Kumar, awarded the office of CE/TS, BBMB Chandigarh and CE/SO, BBMB Chandigarh with second and third prize respectively. In the category of more than 50 personnel, the office of CE/Beas Dam, BBMB Talwara, was also awarded with the second prize.
• On 27th February 2026, during 'Swachhata Hi Seva 2024-25' award distribution ceremony, BBMB was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by Sh. Pankaj Agrawal, Secretary, MoP, GoI.

Sports

• To select best players of BBMB for Inter CPSU and other tournaments, introduced Inter-Project tournament to select the best players. This yielded results and we won many tournaments.
• Winner in 29th Inter CPSU Volleyball Tournament in November 2025 hosted by BBMB at Nangal. Also, 29-times champions since the beginning of the tournament.
• Runners-up in 15th Inter CPSU Athletics Tournament in January 2026 at Shillong hosted by NEEPCO, with 5 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medals, and 4 Bronze Medals.
• Winner in 8th Inter CPSU Football Tournament in February 2026 hosted by DVC at Durgapur (West Bengal).
• Runners-up in 25th Inter CPSU Cricket Tournament in February 2026 hosted by NHPC at Gurugram.
• 2nd Runner-up in 28th Inter CPSU Table Tennis Tournament in February 2026 at Noida hosted by NTPC.
• Winner in 25th Inter CPSU Kabaddi Tournament in March 2026 hosted by SJVN at Rampur Bushahr.