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Apr
According to an official here on Friday, the state government has undertaken ambitious transmission and distribution infrastructure projects to prepare the state for immediate power evacuation and distribution, given the numerous hydropower projects with a combined generation capacity of 11517 MW currently under way in Arunachal Pradesh. According to a senior Power Department official, the three Hydro CPSUs—National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (SJVN), and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO)—commissioned 12 projects with a total installed capacity of roughly 11,517 MW. According to the official, just 1% of the more than 58,000 MW of…