| Staff REPORTER |

Itanagar, Sep 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 5,100 crore in Arunachal Pradesh, in the presence of Governor Lt Gen (Retd) K T Parnaik, Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, and other dignitaries.

Before addressing a massive public rally here, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of two major hydropower projects — the Heo Hydro Electric Project (240 MW) and the Tato-I Hydro Electric Project (186 MW). To be developed by NEEPCO in joint venture with the Govt of Arunachal Pradesh, the projects together involve an investment of more than Rs 3,700 crore.

The Heo project, located in the Siyom sub-basin of Shi Yomi district, will house three units of

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