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The Power Scenario: An Overview

The Northeast is blessed with the highest hydro power potential in the country on account of the mighty Brahmaputra and its immumerous tributaries. This power potential is estimated to be about 48000 MW. Although this constitutes as much as 30 per cent of the total reserves of India, less than even 3 per cent of this has so far been harnessed. Besides, there are considerable thermal power potentials. Given below are the statewise and basinwise summary of the study on proposed hydel projects in the Brahmaputra river system conducted by The Ecologist Asia.

BASIN/STATE
AR
AS
MN
MG
MZ
NG
TR
SK
WB
TL
Luhit 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Dihang-Dibang 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
Subansiri 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Kameng 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
Upper Brahmaputra 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7
Lower Brahmaputra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kalang 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
Barak & others 0 0 0 19 11 6 0 6 0 42
Teesta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 23
TOTAL 89 7 22 11 6 0 10 2 21 168

Key:
AR: Arunachal Pradesh; AS: Assam; MN: Manipur; MG: Meghalaya; MZ: Mizoram; NG: Nagaland; TR: Tripura; SK: Sikkim; WB: West Bengal
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