State-owned power producer SJVN will be investing Rs 60,000 crore to harness 5,097 megawatts (Mw) of hydropower in Arunachal Pradesh.
SJVN Chairman and Managing Director Nand Lal Sharma met with Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss a roadmap to develop hydroelectric projects, according to a statement.
“SJVN Ltd will invest Rs 0,000 crore to harness 5,097 Mw of hydropower in Arunachal Pradesh,” the company said in the statement.
The Chairman said that as a result of the efforts of Union Power Minister R K Singh, the Arunachal Pradesh government has accepted the allotment of five hydroelectric projects having a total capacity of 5,097 Mw to SJVN, for which a memorandum of understanding will be signed shortly.
The projects, namely Etalin Hydroelectric Project (HEP) (3,097 Mw), Attunli HEP (680 Mw), Emini HEP (500 Mw), Amulin HEP (420 Mw) and Mihumdon HEP (400 Mw), are located in the Dibang basin of Arunachal Pradesh.
Sharma further said that the development of these projects involving a tentative Investment of Rs 60,000 crore will be commissioned by SJVN in the next 8-10 years. On commissioning, these projects are expected to generate about 20 billion units of clean energy annually on a cumulative basis, according to him.
The detailed reports of some of these projects have already been prepared, while some projects are under the survey and investigation stage.
Sharma stated that with the allotment of these projects, SJVN will have a significant footprint in the country’s north-eastern region enabling SJVN to be part of the development process of the region.
