Arunachal terminates seven power projects

Arunachal Pradesh has scrapped seven projects with installed capacity of 1,258.5 MW, with the power developers due to non-performance and breach of agreement as per the MoUs, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki told the state assembly today.
It had inked a total 153 MoUs to execute power projects in the state with a total installed capacity of 43,118.7 MW in the last decade, he said responding to a question from Trinamool Congress member Laeta Umbrey during Question Hour.
Replying to Umbrey's charges, Tuki said in most of the power project sites the people have voluntarily supported them but in certain districts there had been opposition due to 'lack of awareness' about the benefits.

"The people of Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley districts had opposed the 3000 MW Dibang multipurpose project initially but gave their consent during the recent public hearing in both the districts," he said and appealed to the members of the house to support the government and make people aware of the benefits of power projects in their respective constituencies.
To a supplementary question, Tuki said as per the MoUs, the state government had provided security to power developers in the project site.
The CM said the state had approached the Centre for sanctioning funds to construct roads in border areas where several power projects have been sanctioned.

"With the completion of Trans Arunachal Highway, 11 districts will be connected and for other districts roads are being constructed by Border Road Organisation, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways besides state PWD. Once these roads are complete there will be no problem for power developers to carry men and machineries to the project sites."
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during his recent visit to the state had assured to sanction Rs 1,200 crore for construction of border roads under Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana, he added.