The Union Government has appointed NHPC as the implementing agency for the
1,500 MW multi-purpose Tipaimukh hydro-electric project in Manipur.
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation had earlier been awarded the project
in January 2003, but the construction work had failed to take off after delays
in getting clearance from the forest department.
The project will now be a JV between NHPC (69 per cent), Shimla based Satluj
Jal Vidyut Nigam (26 per cent) and Manipur Government (5 per cent). The 390 mtrs
long dam is likely to be built up on the downstream of the confluence of the
Tuivai and Barak Rivers in Churacchander district near the Manipur-Mizoram
border.
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