{"id":67636,"date":"2025-10-09T13:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67636"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:52:59","slug":"subansiri-upper-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/subansiri-upper-hydroelectric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Subansiri Upper Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Subansiri Upper Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hundreds recently protested in Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh, against the proposed 2,000 MW Subansiri Upper Hydroelectric Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Subansiri Upper Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> 1,800 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hydropower project.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> run-of-the-river project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> planned on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/subansiri-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Subansiri River<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> basin in<\/span><b> Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2031.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is being developed by KSK Upper Subansiri Hydro Energy and is currently owned by KSK Energy Ventures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gross head of the project will be 199.5 m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is expected to generate 6,581.29 GWh of electricity. The project cost is expected to be around $2,346.87m.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Key Facts about Subansiri River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> Trans-Himalayan river<\/b> <b>originating <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>western part of Mount Porom <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(5059 m) in the <\/span><b>Tibetan Himalaya. (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kangig glacier range in Tibet)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also called the<\/span><b> Gold River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Subansiri River is <\/span><b>famous for its gold dust.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>enters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the<\/span><b> plains of Assam<\/b> <b>through a gorge near Gerukamukh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>right-bank tributary of the Brahmaputra.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>joins the Brahmaputra River in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Lakhimpur district of <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through<\/span><b> Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Major tributaries of the river are <\/span><b>Laro, Nye, Yume, Tsari, Kamla, Jiyadhol, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranganadi and Dikrong.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/protest-erupts-in-arunachals-daporijo-over-subansiri-upper-hydroelectric-project\/articleshow\/124396290.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subansiri Upper Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river project planned on the Subansiri River basin in Arunachal Pradesh. 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