Neepco to augment power generation

Neepco to augment power generation

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Agartala, June 13: The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) is all poised to add 1130 mw of power by the end of Ninth Plan and 2330 mw by the end of Tenth Plan to make the region self-sufficient in power. According to an official release, the North-Eastern region accounts for 33 per cent of the hydro power potential besides vast resources of natural gas and coal. The Neepco has presently an installed capacity of 625 mw comprising 250 mw from hydro and 375 mw from gas-based sources, meeting around 4.5 per cent of peak demand of the region, it added. At present, Neepco is executing the 75-mw Doyang hydro-electric project in Nagaland, 405 mw Ranganadi hydro-electric project in Arunachal Pradesh, and 60 mw Turial hydro-electric project in Mizoram, benefits of which would be reaped from 1999. This would create enormous opportunity for industrial development in the region, it added.

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