Twelve stalled Arunachal hydro projects of more than 11.5 GW handed to central power PSUs

17 October 2026

The Government of India and the Government of Arunachal Pradesh signed Memorandums of Agreement at Itanagar to revive twelve stalled hydroelectric projects of about 11,517 MW.
The projects were allotted to hydro public sector undertakings under the Union Ministry of Power.
NEEPCO received five projects of 2,620 MW, SJVN five projects of 5,097 MW and NHPC two projects of 3,800 MW.
The largest are the Etalin project of 3,097 MW with SJVN, Subansiri Upper of 2,000 MW with NHPC, Subansiri Middle, also called Kamala, of 1,800 MW with NHPC, and Naying of 1,000 MW with NEEPCO.
The projects had first been allotted to private developers about fifteen years earlier but never got started.
They are expected to attract about Rs.1,26,500 crore of investment.