- Dumbur lake to be transformed from hydel power reservoir to birdwatchers’ paradise.

Agartala: The 726 MW first commercial power plant of state-owned ONGC at Palatana in southern Tripura will start generating electricity this month-end, company officials said here Monday.

ONGC, the Tripura government and infrastructure and financial service company IL&FS have jointly floated the ONGC-Tripura Power Company Limited (OTPC). The plant will help ONGC to monetise its huge gas reserves and assets in Tripura.

Tripura has given land rights to more than one lakh tribal families under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) plans to add 950 MW to its existing power generation capacity in the region in the next five years.

"We are already generating 1,130 MW in the region. Seventy per cent houses are powered by NEEPCO. We shall add 950 MW by the next 5 years in the region. If we get new projects, we might give more," NEEPCO Chief Managing Director P C Pankaj said.

AGARTALA, Aug 22 – Keeping in mind of the future need, Tripura Government has decided to construct a four-lane bridge over the river Feni in Sabroom subdivision, official sources said here on Wedne

AGARTALA, Aug 9 – Tripura Industries Minister Jitendra Chowdhury called upon potential investors to set up gas-based industrial units in Tripura as natural gas is available at a very attractive pri

Agartala: The state government has provided 86 mandays to each job seeker under the national flagship programme-NREGA during 2011-12 FY while the national job generation figure stood only 42 mandays

While unfolding report cards in the field of Rural Development and Forest departments, RD Minister Jitendra Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government had given emphasis on overall socio-economic development in rural areas.

Agartala: To ensure development of forest-dwelling communities, the Tripura Government has designated as many as 62 locations in remote parts of the state as ‘Forest Village’, said state Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury.

In such locations the state government had already extended development projects for 1508 people of 236 tribal families living in the hamlets and the administration had undertaken income generation schemes for the dwellers.

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Agartala: Perched on hills and remote areas of Tripura, 45 villages and 797 localities were lit up with solar energy in the last five years, a minister said on Friday.

Debroy said, solar energy treatment plants would be set up in 100 schools in remote areas this year and 1000 bio-gas plant would be set up. He said, very soon 100 solar lights would illuminate a portion of Agartala town. He said North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has planned to set up a five megawatt solar energy plant at Monarchak in Sipahijala district