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The Dibang Dam is a planned concrete gravity dam, located in the Lower Dibang Valley District in Arunachal Pradesh, India. If constructed,[1] it will be India's largest dam and the world's tallest concrete gravity dam, standing Template:Convert tall. The Dibang Dam is expected to provide up to 3,000 megawatts of hydroelectric power and will also assist with flood control in the Dibang Valley.[2]
History
The foundation stone for the dam was laid on 31 January 2008 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Construction on the project, however, has yet to begin. In 2013, the Ministry of Environment and Forests rejected the project's application but NHPC Limited resubmitted it in 2014. The dam has also been under intense local and international opposition to its tentative negative environmental impacts and forced relocations of Idu Mishmi tribal peoples.[3]
The Modi government gave a renewed go-ahead for the project in 2019.[4] The main purpose of the project will be flood control and electricity generation.[4] As of 2020, work was not progressing on either of the two major dam projects in the Assam region, the Dibang and the Lower Subansiri.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Dibang Power Project. ProcessRegister.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "Dibang Hydroelectric project yet to get nod". Live Mint. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ Fresh shot at Dibang dam. The Telegraph - India(21 April 2014).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Explainer | The Controversy Surrounding Dibang Dam, India's Largest Hydropower Project, Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah. The Wire(22 July 2019). Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ↑ Big Dams in Arunachal-Assam Border likely to Resume Work after NGT Green Signal(Nov 28, 2018).
- ↑ Aggarwal, M., 2019. Hydropower: Dibang Dam Approval And Dam Safety. Mongabay-India. Available at: https://india.mongabay.com/2019/07/hydropower-projects-come-back-in-focus-with-dibang-dam-push-and-the-dam-safety-bill (Accessed 18 September 2020).
External links
- Dibang Project at NHPC
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