New Delhi: An Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Environment MINISTRY HAS Granted Clearance to the 2,220mw Oju Oju Hydroelectric Project Located in A StraTEGICALY Pradesh’s upper subansiri district bordering China. One of the largest run-of-secret Hydro projects in India, it will cost Around Rs 25,000 crore and is likely to takely to take at least five years to be complete. It is India’s Third-Larges Hydroelectric Project to Get Environmental Clearance after the 3,087mw etalin and 2,880mw dibang project, both also in arunachal. Set up real-time early warning system For Project: Panel Oju is the largest in a series of dams proposed on subansiri river and has been in the pipeline for near 20 years. It involves a 100-metre-high concrete gravity dam, over 14 km long headrace tunnel and an underground powerhouse complex. The Expert Appraisal Committee, While Giving Its Nod for the Project Earlier this month, directed the development to include ‘Glachaial lake outburst floods’ SCENARIOS in the design floods estimates, Estimates, Estimates, Estimates, Real-time early warning system and conduct communication preparedness drills. The panel has also mandated a post-commissioning environmental impact study after five years.
