New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved Rs 14,105.83 crore for the construction of Kalai-II hydro-electric project (HEP) on Lohit river in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh.The estimated completion period for the project is 78 months.The project with an installed capacity of 1,200 MW (6 x 190 MW & 1 x 60 MW) is expected to generate 4,852.95 MU of energy annually.As the first hydro project in the Lohit…
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Itanagar, Feb 17 (IANS) The Indian Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), and the local civil administration on Tuesday continued their joint operations to douse the massive forest fire in Walong in Arunachal Pradesh for the fifth consecutive day. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that firefighting operations to contain the blaze, which broke out on February 13 in Walong under Anjaw district, are continuing with sustained intensity and close coordination. He said that troops of the Indi…
Itanagar, Jan 30 (IANS) A massive forest fire that broke out along the western ridge of the Lohit River in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district was successfully brought under control following a swift and coordinated response by Army troops and the Indian Air Force (IAF). Taking to social media platform X, the IAF said that its Mi-17V5 helicopters carried out aerial firefighting operations at nearly 9,500 feet in the Lohit Valley. “Battling forest fires at nearly 9,500 feet in Arunachal Prades…