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CMD of NHPC Meets Hon'ble Chief Minister of Manipur

CMD of NHPC Meets Hon'ble Chief Minister of Manipur
Shri A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Manipur Shiri Biren Singh, and Hon’ble Power Minister Shri Th. Bishwajit

Imphal: Shri A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC along with Shri Y.K. Chaubey, Director (Technical), NHPC met Hon’ble Chief Minister of Manipur on 24th December 2020 at his official residence at Imphal in presence of the Chief Secretary. During the meeting, the Hon’ble CM was briefed about the status of the upcoming Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project which is being taken up by LDHCL, a joint venture of Govt. of Manipur and NHPC.
 
The upcoming project will be 66 MW capacity which is located at Taosang Village, Noney District. The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for this project was signed on 31st August 2020 between NHPC and MSPDCL. Now the project is in an advanced stage awaiting PIB and CCEA clearances and Land Acquisition for the project needs to be completed at the earliest. Regarding the land acquisition, the Hon’ble Chief Minister has assured the CMD for expediting the process and assist in any way he can to complete the process at the earliest. Further, both the dignitaries also discussed exploring the hydro potential of Manipur for which the NHPC has proposed for taking up new projects to make the state of Manipur Power sufficient.
 
CMD, NHPC, and Director (Technical), NHPC also met Hon’ble Power Minister Shri Th. Bishwajit and discussed the upcoming project and overall power scenario of Manipur. The Power Minister assured extending all the help to complete and start this project. The Hon’ble Minister showed his keen interest to start the Tipaimukh Project. A separate meeting with Chief Secretary has held wherein the issues of pending PIB and CCEA clearances of the Loktak Downstream Project (66 MW) were discussed. 
 
On meeting all the three dignitaries, it was assured to extend all support to complete the upcoming Loktak downstream project. CMD also mentioned that a lot of many parties & good companies have participated in pre-bid meetings of Loktak downstream. However, good contractors are still hesitant to participate. However, all are being pursued to participate in the final bidding. It was assured during the meeting that there is no problem to start and working on any project in Manipur now. Some People are going by perception, which is not true.
 
This project will be a big boost for the development and improving the power scenario of the state. NHPC Limited presently has an installation base of 7071.2 MW from 24 power stations on an ownership basis including projects taken up in Joint Venture. Loktak Power Station in Manipur is being operated by NHPC since 1983 with an installed capacity of 105 MW.

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