Shillong, Mar 29 : The state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) has offered to prepare a shelf of detailed reports of potential power projects in the region which can be later taken up by the respective states.
"It has been known since the years that the region has tremendous power potential. The power potential of the region is estimated at 58,000 MW. Unfortunately, nobody has come forward for investigations. One of the reasons is because of the hostile terrain," NEEPCO director (technical) Utpal Moral said here on Sunday night.
He added that during a meeting with the North Eastern Council (NEC), Neepco officials have made an offer to prepare a shelf of DPRs. The NEC is likely to fund DPRs of about 10 projects.
"The states can then decide who can take up the projects," Moral said, on sidelines of the biennial conference of the Diploma Engineers Association of Neepco.
In Meghalaya, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has identified 23 projects, he said.
Moral also added that Neepco has signed three MoUs with the Mizoram government to install three more hydel power plants the 635 MW Chhimtuipui project, 815 MW Lungreng project and 76 MW Mat hydro power project in Mizoram.
Meghalaya power minister AT Mondal, while speaking at the biennial conference, said the state was power surplus but with investment-friendly policies of the government, it had turned into a power deficit state.
"Meghalaya's power requirement is 610 MW while its generation is only 186.7 MW. This reflects on how much the power scenario has changed in the state," Mondal said. During the day-long conference, the Diploma Engineers Association re-elected Arabinda Gogoi as its president and Debojit Neog as general secretary.
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