Development / Arunachal

GUWAHATI, Nov 22 - The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has approved the 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power project under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act. The project is being implemented by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

The Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department and the Assam Forest Department had earlier sought prior approval of the Central Government under Section-2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of 3999.30 hectares of forest land (3183.00 hectares in Arunachal Pradesh and 816.30...

SHILLONG, Aug 23 ? Social activists in the North East are up in arms against the construction of mega dams in the region claiming it would bring ?untold suffering and land alienation among the indigenous poeple,? reports PTI. The Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD), a forum of people movements, NGOs, professional associations and leading citizens here said that the respective governments proposed to construct 168 large hydro-electric projects in the region and 28 of them were at the implementation stage and some others were also being developed.

Talking to media after its three...

GUWAHATI, June 11— Concerned NGOs and members of the public from various corners of Arunachal Pradesh and other parts of the NE region raised serious objections to the way the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is functioning in the region, at a public hearing on environmental issues on Wednesday. The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd., in cooperation with the Pollution Control Board (PCB), Arunachal Pradesh and the office of the Deputy Commissioner of West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, organized the Environmental Public Hearing at the Aalo Club in Aalo, the...

GERUKAMUKH (Dhemaji), June 7 – For the power-starved Assam, the delay in the projected commissioning date of the Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power Project, an undertaking of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), is bad news. Though dams in the seismically active North East are a cause of serious concern among sundry environmental groups, the positive side of the proposed power station is that once completed, it will feed an additional 2000 megawatts of power into the electric grids of the region.

And while the environmental groups are fuming and fretting over their...

BISWANATH CHARIALI, May 25— About 58,000 hectares of reserve forest areas in north Assam have been devastated following aggression by Arunachal Pradesh on the one hand and encroachment by local people and migrants on the other. Though north Assam has been enriched naturally by 28 forest reservers, existence of many of them has remained in hoardings only. In the Sonitpur district alone, which is home to 13 reserve forests with total area of 77,064.22 hectares, about 30,943 hectares of forest cover has been eliminated and encroached upon by various sects of people.

Of late, Arunachali...

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...

Khonsa (Tirap), Jan. 13: Communicable diseases have claimed the lives of more than 200 people in Arunachal Pradesh?s Tirap district, which is also one of most disturbed places of the state. The diseases, which broke out in August last year, are yet to be completely eradicated.

Quoting reports submitted by the district medical officer, deputy commissioner J.P. Choudhury said more than 100 people have died in the Lazu circle alone while another 35 have perished in Longding.

?There was a kind of epidemic in Tirap. By and large, it is on the wane, though the diseases are still raging in parts of...

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...

ITANAGAR, Dec 8 ? Arunachal Pradesh is targetting at tourists from the South-East Asian countries to make the state a tourist destination, reports PTI.Talking to reporters here Monday, Tourism and Cultural Minister T G Rimpoche has demanded the revival of the recently suspended Guwahati-Bangkok flight and said in the situation of regular flights being unviable, at least some stoppages of international flights at Guwahati airport should be considered in the interest of tourism development in the North East Region.

Arunachal Pradesh plans to develop Bomdila, Tawang and Zemithang, rich in bio...