The 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric (HE) Project is anticipated to be finished by May of this year, and two units, each with a capacity of 250 MW, will be put into service by June of this year, according to NHPC officials who spoke with Chowna Mein, the deputy chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
The remaining 6 units, which have a combined capacity of 2000 MW, will be finished by June 2024, according to NHPC officials. On Saturday, the deputy chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh went to the Gerakamukh, Lower Subansiri, location of the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower HE Project. Ajay Kumar Bisht, secretary of power, Balo Raja, Tarin Dakpe, Taniya Soki, and Rode Bui, as well as CE DHPD R. K. Joshi, were in attendance with Mein. The dignitaries visited the various sites of the project to take stock of the progress made. He appreciated the progress of the work and lauded the project-executing team. The project,
which was taken over by NHPC Limited since 2000, is nearly completed, with 86 per cent of the overall progress made till date.
After the visit, Mein held a meeting with the NHPC officials at their Office complex and discussed the issues of Subansiri Middle (Kamala) and Subansiri Upper (Menga) HEP, allotted to NHPC by Govt of India in presence of local representatives and PRI leaders. He urged them to expedite the execution of the project immediately and said that the matters pertaining to Subansiri Middle HEP will be taken up in the next Cabinet Meeting, after which an MoA will be signed between GoAP and NHPC as per the Cabinet decision.
Standard operating Procedures (SOP) for Subansiri Upper HEP should also be finalised soon, he said. The Deputy CM also asked the NHPC officials to execute their work with professionalism and to achieve the target as per specification. He urged them to ensure that no further delays in the project completion is made as it causes cost escalation and more losses to the State exchequer, amounting to loss of revenue.
The successful completion of the projects will also open up ample scope for the establishment of an industrial zone in the area, Mein added. He also praised the general public for its assistance in the project's successful implementation and urged NHPC officials to gain the public's trust by performing their jobs effectively.
He also guaranteed complete assistance and cooperation from the Arunachal Pradesh government for the effective completion of these projects to the NHPC officials. The visiting dignitaries were given an overview of the projects by NHPC Executive Directors (Subansiri), Vipin Gupta and ED Itanagar, R K Chaudhary, during the site inspection.
