Meghalaya Govt, NEEPCO sign key MoUs

Is Meghalaya facing power crisis? State govt signs MoUs for 2 power projects with NEEPCO. State able to produce only 359 MW.

NE’s largest, 600 MW Hydro power plant of NEEPCO synchronizes its last unit

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) has successfully synchronized the fourth generating unit of 150 MW (unit-4) of its mega 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Plant with the grid on January 19. Unit 1 and 2 of 150 MW each was commissioned earlier last year in the month of June, July respectively and the […]

Centre shelves decision to privatise NRL, NEEPCO to merge with NTPC

The government has announced that the Numaligarh refinery will remain under government’s control and will not be privatised. Finance Ministry on Wednesday gave in-principle approval for the sale of its stake in five Corporate Public Social Enterprises, including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Shipping Corporation of India and Container Corporation of India. The approval paves the […]

Major breakthrough in Kopili disaster; water flow into power plant restricted

Five days after the crisis at the Kopili power plant began, the rescue teams have finally managed to shut the gate of the intake point of the inclined tunnel, the downstream of which got breached at multiple locations. This comes as a major relief to the rescue efforts at the 200 mega watt power plant […]

Assam: Rescue ops yet to begin at Kopili power plant after tunnel burst

Rescue operations to locate the 4 missing persons at the crisis-hit Kopili power plant are yet to begin, as the NEEPCO officials and workers are still battling to close the gate of the inclined tunnel that burst in the wee hours of Monday. Three days after the disaster at the Kopili Power Plant at Umrangso […]

Protests galore in Assam’s Golaghat against NEEPCO

People living along the banks of the Dhansiri river in Assam’s Golaghat district staged a protest against the NEEPCO. The protestors blocked the National Highway No 37 at Marangi and shouted slogans. NEEPCO had recently again opened the sluice gate of the Doyang hydel power project in Nagaland’s Mon district, which resulted to flooding of […]