About Etalin Hydroelectric Project:
- It is a 3,097 MW hydropower project planned on Dri and Talo rivers (tributaries of the Dibang river) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley.
- It is one of the largest hydropower projects proposed in the country in terms of installed capacity.
- EHEP is proposed to be developed as a combination of two run-of-the-river schemes.
- The project is being executed by NHPC Limited (formerly known as the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation).
- The project will feature two concrete gravity dams.
- The project area falls under the “richest bio-geographical province of the Himalayan zone” and “one of the mega biodiversity hotspots of the world”.
- The project area is dominated by indigenous populations belonging to Idu-Mishmi tribes.
