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NEW DELHI, Feb 1 ? Faced with unflattering strictures, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has laid the blame for delay in execution of the multi-purpose Pagladiya Dam Project at Assam Government?s doorstep, even as it was directed to work out a time-schedule and ensure strict monitoring of the project implementation.

The long-pending project initially estimated to cost Rs 542.90 crore was cleared in 2001 hit a major roadblock in the form of problems over land acquisition and relief and rehabilitation of displaced people. The MoWR has held that delay in handing over the land and security...

GUWAHATI, Jan 31 ? National Hydro-electric Power Corporation Ltd has finalized contract agreement for major civil works for the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower HE Project, located in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh and Dhemaji district of Assam.

The Corporation has signed the agreements with M/s Boguchangesstroy (BGS) (Russia) ? Soyuzgidrospetsstroy (SGS) (Russia) ? Soma JV for construction of concrete gravity dams works at a contract price of Rs 1098 crore and with M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for the construction of power house and water conductor system works at a contract price of Rs...

Itanagar, Jan. 18: The power department has submitted a Rs 171-crore project to the Centre for the augmentation of the state?s power system and reduction in transmission cost. Arunachal power minister Lijum Royna said the project has already been sent to New Delhi for approval.

A 132 kV-project for Rs 53.17 crore, to take power from Ziro to Along via Daporijo, was targeted for completion by December this year. Royna said Rs 13 crore remained to be received from the department of development of northeastern region (Doner), which was financing the project.

Another project, financed by Doner, the...

NEW DELHI, Dec 15 ? While ruling out the possibility of convening a meeting of chief ministers to discuss the issue of inter-linking of rivers, the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has clarified that it has no proposal under consideration to impose cess, taxes and duties to mobilise funds for the Project. In a significant admission, the MoWR has confirmed that the Task force on river linking Project has moved the Ministry of Defence for security clearance to place digitalised maps of the topography maps of the rivers on its web site besides using them for other purposes such as preparation...

ITANAGAR, Dec 14: Union Minister for Forest and Environment TR Balu assured Arunachal Power Minister Lijum Ronya that stringent laws might be relaxed to facilitate the Lower Subansiri hydro electric project. Ronya, said in a press release here on Saturday that during his meeting with Balu in New Delhi on Wednesday, the Union Minister assured him that he would see that the condition put forth by the National Wildlife Board that the catchment area of Lower Subansiri should be declared as a National Park to net forest clearance for the 2000mw first phase of the hydro-electric project was relaxed...

SHILLONG, May 25 ? National Hydro-electric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) has got outstanding dues of nearly Rs 100 crore upto April this year against seven north eastern states ? beneficiaries of the Loktak Hydel Project - with Manipur topping the list, according to the North Eastern Regional Electricity Board (NEREB), reports PTI.

The outstanding dues included the principal amount surcharge on it, development surcharge, according to a NEREB statement released at its 52nd board meeting here last week. While Manipur topped the list with an accumulated outstanding amount of Rs 43.82 crore, it...

Guwahati, May 23: The agitation against the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur has finally reached the United Nations.

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, during its second session, which ended today in New York, discussed the threat posed by the Rs 1,078-crore multipurpose project to local tribals.

Raising the issue in the UN forum, representatives of the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) told the forum, ?The dam will mean virtually the total destruction of the worlds of the Hmar and Zeliangrong tribes and also have a long-term impact on many other indigenous tribals in...

Shillong, May 21: The Northeast will witness a power revolution as a number of foreign banks have agreed to fund major power projects in the region.

Revealing this to newsmen today after a meeting with a parliamentary committee on power, chairman-cum-managing director of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) S.C. Sharma said power shortage in Assam and most northeastern states could end forever as 35,000 MW of hydro power is expected to be generated from the region.

The banks which will fund the projects include the Canadian International Development Agency, Swedish...

SHILLONG, May 13—The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has embarked upon an ambitious plan for harnessing over 25,000 MW of hydroelectric power by setting up a number of projects in the North Eastern region by the end of the 12th Plane. NHPC chairman-cum-Managing Director Yogendra Prasad announced at a Press conference at Itanagar recently,” This will effectively make the region the powerhouse of the country and also speed up development by providing abundant and cheap power,” he said.

The region has a major share of hydro power potential to the extent of 63,257 MW out of the...

GUWAHATI, May 1 —North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power, Government of India setting out targets to be achieved during the year 2003 – 2004.

Considering the envisaged load demand in the North Eastern Region, a generation of 2075 MU against Hydro Projects at 85% machine availability and 2060 MU against Thermal Projects at 86% machine availability has been assessed for the Corporation to achieve during the year besides other milestones. The MoU also envisages commissioning of Kopili Hydro Electric Project – Stage-II...