Location: ARUNACHAL PR.

Capacity: [110 MW]

The project is situated in the papum Para District of Arunachal Pradesh. Neepco has taken up the project to harness the Hydropower potential of the river Dikrong which is a tributory of river Brahmaputra . The project envisages contruction of following:

Construction of a 78 high concrete gravity dam

2.811 Km long HRT having 7.50m diameter on the right bank of the river Dikrong

270 m length diversion tunnel having 8m diameter

The installed capacity of the project is 110MW and catchment area of the project is 824 Sq m with max availble design net head is 67.36m. The power from the project shall be utilised within the NE region itself using the existing 132 KV transmission system of RHEP(405MW) to meet the needs of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and other NE Region.

Present Status: The tender activities for award of the works/contract are under progress. PPA had been signed on 24/11/06.The project is in the initial stage of implementation.

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