NEW DELHI: An expert appraisal committee of the Union environment ministry has granted clearance to the 2,220MW Oju hydroelectric project located in a strategically important region in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Subansiri district bordering China. One of the largest run-of-river hydro projects in India, it will cost around Rs 25,000 crore and is likely to take at least five years to be completed. It is India's third-largest hydroelectric project to get environmental clearance after the 3,087MW Etalin and 2,880MW Dibang project, both also in Arunachal. Set up real-time early warning system for project: Panel Oju is the largest in a series of dams proposed on Subansiri river and has been in the pipeline for nearly 20 years. It involves a 100-metre-high concrete gravity dam, ov

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