‘Five Mizoram hydel projects in pipeline’

Mizoram power and electricity departmentofficials informed governorHari Babu Kambhampati that five hydroelectric projects with a total capacity to produce almost 800 megawatt energy are in the pipeline.

State power and electricity department officials, led by power secretary H Lalengmawia, apprised Kambhampati about the hydroelectric potential of the state, saying that detailed project reports (DPRs) for the five projects have already being prepared.

The officials said that DPRs for Kolodyne -II HEP (460 Mw), Tuival HEP (210 Mw), Bairabi Dam Project (80Mw), Tuirini HEP (24 Mw) and Tuivawl HEP (24 Mw) have been prepared.