NTPC to set up Kaladan 460 MW hydel project in Mizoram

Guwahati: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an agreement with the Mizoram government for execution of 460 mega watt Kolodyne Stage II Hydro Electric Project on the Kolodyne river in Siaha(Saiha) and Lawngtlai districts of Mizoram.

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Union Minister of State for Power and Commerce Jairam Ramesh told The Hindu at least Rs. 3,000 crore would be invested for this power project targeted to be commissioned within six to seven years.

It will be the NTPC’s first hydro power project in the northeast and the second in the country after the 800 mega watt Koldam hydel power project in Himachal Pradesh.
The NTPC is currently building up the 750 mega watt Salakati thermal power project in lower Assam.

The NTPC shall execute the project on Build, Own, Operate and Maintain basis.

Project construction activities will start within six months. Now, Mizoram generates 22 mega watts of electricity, of which 16 mega watts is generated by diesel generators and six mega watts by mini and micro projects.

Source: The Hindu

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