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With a 91-month deadline as per the tender, Dibang dam is expected to come up by 2032 and is crucial to India’s strategic security
PM Modi reviewed the progress of this Dibang project last week through video-conferencing. (News18)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the all-important Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh, pressing for timely completion of this key project, which will be the highest dam in India. The deadline is 2032.
Modi reviewed the progress of this project last week through video-conferencing. The urgency is evident as CNN-NEWS18 had reported last month that the state-run NHPC Limited had floated a big global bid worth Rs 17,069 crore to build this dam, which will act as a buffer against sudden water releases from China’s dam and prevent flooding in India.
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This was soon after reports in July that China had started work on a mega dam on the trans-border Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibetan Plateau, which could be the world’s largest.
With a 91-month deadline as per the tender, Dibang dam is expected to come up by 2032 and is crucial to India’s strategic security. PM Modi had last year laid the foundation stone of the 2880-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project.
India earlier this year had expressed concerns to China about the impact of mega dams and had urged Beijing to ensure the interests of India were not harmed.
The PM reviewed seven other mega projects alongside the Dibang project.
The action points, which emerged from these deliberations, were the PM reiterating that delays in execution impose a double cost — often escalating project expenditure and also depriving citizens of timely access to essential services and infrastructure.
Officials at both the Central and State levels were urged to adopt a result-oriented approach, translating opportunities into improved quality of life for people, while also advancing the goals of ease of living for citizens and ease of doing business for enterprises.
It was emphasised that States/UTs should also institutionalise mechanisms at their level for regular review and monitoring of flagship projects, ensuring timely implementation and effective resolution of bottlenecks.
Further, States/UTs were also asked to place strong emphasis on reforms aimed at improving competitiveness, strengthening efficiency, and fostering innovations across sectors, and stressed that better preparedness through these reforms would enable them to swiftly seize emerging opportunities.
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Aman Sharma, Executive Editor – National Affairs at CNN-News18, and Bureau Chief at News18 in Delhi, has over two decades of experience in covering the wide spectrum of politics and the Prime Minister’s Office….Read More
Aman Sharma, Executive Editor – National Affairs at CNN-News18, and Bureau Chief at News18 in Delhi, has over two decades of experience in covering the wide spectrum of politics and the Prime Minister’s Office…. Read More
October 05, 2025, 14:37 IST
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