Dibang Hydropower Project
Source: Indian Express
GS II: Indian Economy
What is discussed under Dibang Hydropower Project?
- What is Dibang Hydro Power Project?
- Background of the Project
- Power Supply
- National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Why in News?
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected a complaint it took up on its own initiative over the issuance of forest clearance for the 3000-MW Dibang hydel project without first creating a National Park.
What is Dibang Hydro Power Project?
- Dibang Hydro Power Project is a flood control and hydroelectric power project proposed for Arunachal
Image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay Pradesh, India, on the Dibang River.
- It will be the country’s largest hydroelectric project, with a capacity of 2,880MW once constructed.
- This is being constructed by India’s state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).
- The Dibang hydropower project is scheduled to be completed in 2028.
- It is intended to generate up to 11,222 million units (MU) of electricity per year while reducing floods in downstream regions by 3000m3/s during the monsoon season.
Contractors involved
- AFRY AB was hired to analyse the full project report as well as the construction plans for the Dibang multi-purpose project.
- It also supplied advice services for the working plan for diversion tunnels as well as project management planning.
Background of the Project
- Although the foundation stone was laid in January 2008, the project was halted due to opposition from local residents and environmental groups.
- This resulted in the project being rejected by the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in July 2023.
- Following the shift in India’s national political leadership in May 2014, the FAC gave approval for the project with minor design revisions to the dam construction in September 2014.
Power Supply
- When the project is completed, the Arunachal Pradesh government will get 12% free power from the Dibang hydroelectric station.
- Another 1% would be provided to the state through the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Fund (LADF).
- The remainder will be marketed to other northeastern and eastern Indian states.
National Green Tribunal (NGT)
- The National Green Tribunal was established on October 18, 2010, under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010.
- It is for the effective and expeditious resolution of cases relating to environmental protection and the conservation of forests and other natural resources, including:
- The enforcement of any legal right relating to the environment and the provision of relief
- Compensation for damages to persons and property and matters connected with or incidental thereto.
- It is a specialist organisation with the required ability to resolve multi-disciplinary environmental disputes.
- The Tribunal’s principal venue of sitting is in New Delhi, while the other four places of sitting are Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata, and Chennai.
- The NGT has the authority to consider all civil matters involving environmental concerns and questions concerning the application of the legislation mentioned in Schedule I of the NGT Act.
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