GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF POWER 

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 821

ANSWERED ON: 08.08.2013 

HYDRO POWER POTENTIAL IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

(a) whether any assessment was made regarding Hydro Power generation potential in Arunachal Pradesh during the last few years; 

(b) if so, the details thereof and the uantum of Hydro Power generation projected as per these assessments; 

(c) whether the National Hydro Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) has prepared a frame wor of six projects for production of 20,700 MW of Hydro Power; and 

(d) if so, the details thereof and the present status of each of these projects, project-wise?

ANSWER

(a)  (b) : As per the re-assessment study of Hydro Electric Potential of the country completed by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in 1987, the hydropower potential in Arunachal Pradesh has been assessed as 0328 MW (004 MW  Above 2 MW). The status is as under: 

Of the above  projects, Subansiri Lower project (2000 MW) in Subansiri Basin is presently under construction by NHPC. 

The current status of the other five projects is as under:-