Dibang Dam

Dam

28°20′15″N 95°46′15″E / 28.33750°N 95.77083°E / 28.33750; 95.77083StatusPlannedOwner(s)NHPC LimitedDam and spillwaysType of damConcrete gravityImpoundsDibang RiverHeight278 m (912 ft)Power StationTurbines12 x 250 MW Francis-typeInstalled capacity2880 MW^[1]

The Dibang Dam is a planned concrete gravity dam, located in the Lower Dibang Valley District in Arunachal Pradesh, India. If constructed,^[2] it will be India's largest dam and the world's tallest concrete gravity dam, standing 288 metres (945 ft) 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

The Modi government gave a renewed go-ahead for the project in 2019.^[5] The main purpose of the project will be flood control and electricity generation.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Features". NHPC. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah (22 July 2019). "Explainer | The Controversy Surrounding Dibang Dam, India's Largest Hydropower Project". The Wire. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ Talukdar, Sandipan (28 November 2018). "Big Dams in Arunachal-Assam Border likely to Resume Work after NGT Green Signal". NewsClick. Retrieved 27 December 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).