The small hydro power plant of 1.5 Mega Watt in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir becomes the first project to be commissioned under Prime Minister's Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiative.<br/><br/>The total cost of the project is 17 crore rupees and it will meet power requirement of about one thousand families. Power Ministry in a release said, the plant will power the Drass town in Kargil, which is one of the coldest places in India. <br/><br/>The project has been developed by Kargil Renewable Energy Development Agency under Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.