Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government is all set to sign a memorandum of agreement with four major central public sector undertakings -- National Hydroelectric Power Commission (NHPC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (NEEPCO) -- for undertaking 13 hydropower projects in the state.
Union power minister RK Singh will be present during the MoA signing ceremony to be held here on August 12.
Out of the 13 projects, the SJVN has been allotted 5 projects from Dibang basin, which are Amulin HEP (420 MW), Emini (500 MW), Mihundon HEP (400 MW), Etalin HEP (3097 MW) and Attunli HEP (680 MW).
The projects allotted to NEEPCO are Tato- I HEP (186 MW), Tato-II HEP (700 MW), Naying HEP (1000 MW), Hirong HEP (500 MW) and Heo HEP (240 MW) in the Siang basin.
NHPC will take Kamala HEP (1800 MW) and Subansiri Upper HEP (2000 MW) in the Subansiri basin while THDCL will execute Kalai- II HEP (1200 MW) in Lohit basin.
Earlier, all these projects were allotted to private developers.
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