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Arunachal Pradesh Government has entered into a joint venture with the Jindal group to develop the 4,500 mw Etalin multi-purpose hydro-electric project, the biggest in the country.

India yesterday assured Bangladesh of not building any irrigation project downstream of the Tipaimukh hydro power structure in Manipur.

Indian ministries of power, external affairs and water resources conveyed the message to the parliamentary delegation from Bangladesh in an hour-long interaction at the South Block of the Secretariat Building in New Delhi.

ITANAGAR, July 17

The Manhinadka mini hydel power project of Bharooka Power Company set up at Chettukaya in Kodagu district has started power generation, and now the power is being supplied to the 33 kv line of Sullia.

The plant had begun generating 1.5 MW power on an experimental basis from June 27, and from the last four days, it is working on a full scale, producing 10 MW power.

July 2: The state government is flummoxed by the huqe quantity of electricity needed to power the 29 lift irrigation projects that will come into operation. In all, the projects will need 8,254 megawatts once they come into operation over the next eight years. This is more than the total state consumption of power of 8,200 MW.

Rain can only bring about a change in the present grim power scenario in the State. This is because of the State's over dependence on the hydel power stations to meet its power needs. However, to get some relief, the State has pleaded with the Central Government for allocation of 50 MW to 100 MW more power and this plea is under active consideration of the Centre.

Punjab is set to generate 275 MW power on canal falls and tail races of hydel channels from the mini-hydel projects and was planning to generate 100 MW more in three years spending Rs 1,000 crore.

MUMBAI: Though Maharashtra's power generation from coal (thermal power) has gone up manifold, the power being generated from water (hydro power) and natural gas has dipped considerably. Several such units are being phased out slowly, thereby increasing the gap between the installed capacity and the actual generation.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have agreed to finance Diamer-Bhasha dam project, and the Planning Commission has asked the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) to formally request assistance from them.

GANGTOK, April 22

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