{"id":70889,"date":"2025-10-29T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=70889"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:02:59","slug":"loktak-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/loktak-hydroelectric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Loktak Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Loktak Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head of Project at NHPC Ltd. and recently appointed General Manager (Electrical) called on the Manipur Governor and briefed him about the operational challenges faced by the Loktak Hydroelectric Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Loktak 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>105 MW hydropower project.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in <\/span><b>Manipur<\/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 is constructed on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/loktak-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Loktak Lake<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>largest freshwater lake in Northeast India<\/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 has been developed in a single phase.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project construction commenced in 1971 and subsequently <\/span><b>entered into commercial operation in 1983.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major component of the project is the <\/span><b>Ithai barrage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 which acts as an artificial reservoir to ensure sufficient volumes of water for the project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is currently <\/span><b>owned by NHPC Limited (erstwhile National Hydroelectric Power Corporation).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>power generated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the project is<\/span><b> sold to Assam Power Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under a power purchase agreement for a period of 35 years, starting from 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatodayne.in\/manipur\/story\/loktak-hydroelectric-project-faces-logistics-hurdles-nhpc-briefs-manipur-governor-1295671-2025-10-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loktak Hydroelectric Project is a 105 MW hydropower project located in Manipur. 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