THE MINISTER OF POWER (SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE)
(a) & (b) : National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) has submitted
the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for the following 3 hydroelectric projects (HEPs) to
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for accord of techno-economic clearance (TEC) as
per
details given below:
Sl. Project Capacity (MW) DPR submitted on
No.
1. Subansiri Lower 2000 7.6.2001
2. Siyom (Siang Middel) 1000 16.9.2003
3. Dibang 3000 29.12.2003
Of the above three projects, the Subansiri Lower HEP which has been accorded
Techno-
Economic Clearance (TEC) on 13.1.2003, is presently under construction.
(c) : Details of the expenditure on the projects whose DPRs have been
prepared
/ are under preparation by NHPC, are as under:
Sl. Name of the Project Cumulative expenditure till March, 2006.
No. (Rs. Crores)
1 Upper/ Intermediate Siang 29.13
2 Dibang 34.22
3 Siyom (Siang Middle) 47.88
4 Siang Lower 32.76
5 Subansiri Middle 28.68
6 Subansiri Upper 33.06
(d) & (e) : Siyom (Siang Middle) HEP (1000 MW) and Siang Lower HEP were
transferred by Government of Arunachal Pradesh on 22.3.2000 for execution by
NHPC.
However, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh has since entered into a
Memorandum
of Agreement on 22.2.2006 for execution of these projects through private
developers. In
addition to these two projects, three other projects, viz.
Tato-II HEP (700 MW), Naying
HEP (1000 MW) and Hirong HEP (500 MW) for which the work
of preparation of DPRs
was entrusted to NHPC under the 50,000 MW Hydroelectric
Initiative, have also been
entrusted to private developers by the State Government.
No reasons have been given by
Government of Arunachal Pradesh for replacing NHPC by
private developers.
