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Anti-Dam Movement gears up-IMCLS & AIMSU demands ‘No Dam Zone in Dibang Valley’

Anti-Dam movement has geared up in Dibang Valley with Idu Mishmi Cultural and Literary Society (IMCLS) and All Idu Mishmi Students’ Union (AIMSU) stating “We don’t want project in Dibang Valley and No further public hearing” in response to the notification for public hearing for 3000 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project which is scheduled to be Read more …

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Arunachal Pradesh Small Hydro Power Policy-2007

The State Government has promulgated a new hydro policy called Small Hydro Power Policy-2007, to develop around 2000 MW of hydro power from small hydro projects to be built by private developers under Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. Under this policy, hydro power projects of capacity ranging from 1kW to 25 MW would Read more …

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12 pc free power… Is it really free?

this is in continuation to my earlier post titled “Hydroelectricity at Arunachal Pradesh-I” “Apang seeks more than 12% free power from center”-The Arunachal Times dated 22-09-2006, citing the free power to the tune of 19% that has been promised by Independant Power Producers (IPP) – the request though, was politely turned down by Power Ministry Read more …

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Hydroelectricity at Arunachal Pradesh – I

Arunachal Pradesh is bestowed with huge hydroelectric potential and is speculated to become the ‘Power House‘ of the country if this hydroelectric potential is tapped. The identified hydroelectric capacity in respect of Arunachal Pradesh as per re-assessment study as on 30-04-2006 comes to 50,328 MW (source: -CEA Central Electricity Authority) and so far only about Read more …

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