Arunachal Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Sunday said that work for the 500 MW first unit of the 2,000 MW capacity Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, being commissioned by the state-run NHPC, would be completed by August this year.
The Subansiri Lower HE Project, located near North Lakhimpur on the border of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, is the biggest hydroelectric project undertaken in India so far and is a run-of-river scheme on river Subansiri.
Mein on Sunday visited the power project and inaugurated its main inlet valve assembly on behalf of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who due to the inclement weather in Tawang, could not arrive for the event.
The original work of the Subansiri Lower project was started in 2006 and resumed more than 16 months ago during the COVID-19-induced lockdown after being stopped in 2011 following protests by various local organizations amid fears of ecological damage and loss of livelihood