On the cards: 11 GW hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh

India is planning a hydropower project on the strategically important Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh of 11,000 MW capacity, people aware of the matter said. “The purpose of the project, apart from generating electricity, is also to control floods,” one of the persons cited earlier said, adding that state-owned NHPC Ltd has submitted a pre-feasibility report for the Upper Siang Multipurpose Storage project.