Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several development projects worth Rs 5,127 crore in Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar on Monday, calling it a “great example of the double benefits from the double-engine BJP government”.
He arrived in Itanagar and laid the foundation stone for two major hydropower projects: the Heo Hydro Electric Project (240 MW) and the Tato-I Hydro Electric Project (186 MW), which will be developed in the Siyom sub-basin of Arunachal Pradesh.
Of the 13 infrastructure projects laid virtually during an event at the Indira Gandhi Park in Itanagar, two major hydro power projects with a total generation capacity of 426 MW would be commissioned by the state-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO).Addressing the large gath