700 MW power to be generated in Meghalaya in next 10-years.

Meghalaya Power Minister Clement Marak recently said the state government has projected to generate over 700 MW of power in the next ten years to meet the energy requirements of the state.

'The total availability of power in the state by 2023-24 is projected at 723 MW,' Marak told the Assembly.

'This was projected in view of the growth of demand for power which is at 8 per cent during the last 10 years,' he said while replying to motion moved by National Peoples' Party legislator James K Sangma on the poor functioning of the power department.

The state's own generation will be at 462 MW from the Leshka stage II power project and 260.93 MW will be availed as the Central share, he said.

According to Power Minister, in 2014-15, the availability of power in the state is only 253 MW of which 159 MW is Central share while state's own generation is only 94 MW in term of capacity from additional projects.


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