A power station at NHPC’s under-construction Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric project has been partially flooded, the state-owned power company said on Tuesday. However, no significant impact is expected on the project’s commissioning schedule due to the unplanned incident, except for some time for dewatering and clean-up work, NHPC said in a statement.
“Incessant rain and high discharge at one of the under-construction Subansiri Lower HE Project (2,000 MW) has resulted in partial flooding of the power house on September 25, 2022, and all requisite possible measures have been/are being taken to protect the structure and minimise any potential consequential losses,” it said.
The Subansiri Lower HE project is the largest hydropower project undertaken in India to date and is a run-of-river project on the Subansiri River.
