GUWAHATI: Advocating their support to the Lower Subansiri Hydro–electric Power Project (LSHEP) and the big dam issue, the North East Power News on the sidelines of their press meet on the Global Energy Conference, 2013 on “Development of Power with Peace” said that Northeast would suffer if there is obstruction of big dams in the region, considering the economic and development boon it brings.

Although the press meet was initially aimed at addressing the forthcoming global energy conference to be held on February 1, the organizers strayed from their main topic and went on to lambast the various organization in the State which opposed the big dams and the LSHEP project.

GUWAHATI:The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS), the Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) and the Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) slammed the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (

Hydro-power giant NHPC Ltd, which is the developer of the 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project, has constituted an expert panel to review the design of the dam following recommendations of a ‘Technical Experts Committee’ (TEC).

The TEC was formed by the Planning Commission for a comprehensive review of the project in the wake of strong opposition in Assam to the upcoming Rs 9,000 crore project, which is situated at Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The mood among common people, particularly in Upper and eastern Assam districts, is against the construction of mega-dams in upper reaches of Brahmaputra.

An independent dam design review panel for the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) was set up in December last year under two former chairmen of the Central Water Commission (CWC) as per the recommendati

Will set up 550 new 33/11 KV sub-stations in the state

In a bid to upgrade the transmission network in the state, the Odisha government will invest Rs 1,650 crore on setting up 550 new 33/11 KV sub-stations in the state. The new sub-stations which will be over and above the existing 550 sub-stations, are expected to be commissioned within two years. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held on Friday chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik.

ITANAGAR: The situation remained grim at Tawang as thousands of people, mostly monks and villagers led by Save Mon Region Federation (SMRF), defied the 144 CrPC and took out a rally from Tawang Monastery to Old market on Monday in protest against construction of dams.

With the voice against construction of hydro-power projects in the district growing louder and louder, mystic Tawang is apparently turning into a battlefield of anti-dam activists.

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) may carry out necessary protection works in the portion of 15 km in the downstream of the dam site.

The Supreme Court has refused to grant a stay on a Calcutta High Court order that bars the electricity regulator from fixing provisional tariffs for new power units.

Power plants producing 50,000 mw, or nearly a quarter of India’s total capacity, will have to cut tariffs as the Calcutta High Court has said regulators cannot fix provisional tariffs for new units