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NORTH LAKHIMPUR: A major fire engulfed the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Power Plant of the National Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Gerukamukh in Assam on Sunday.
The fire at the Subansiri dam caused property damage.
Smoke could be seen coming from Station No. 1 of the near-terminated power plant, causing panic among people outside.
Two mega generators at the station were also damaged in the fire.
The fire was finally doused by firefighters from NHPC. No damage was reported in the fire.
Earlier on October 28, a landslide hit NHPC’s near completion plant at Gerukamukh in Assam.
On October 12, a similar landslide affected the NHPC plant forcing the evacuation of workers.
NHPC has delayed the commissioning of the plant twice in the past year due to natural calamities like landslides.
It may be mentioned that the mega dam project across the Subansiri River at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal border was initially scheduled to become operational by August, 2022.
On June 14 this year Union Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh, when he visited Gerukamukh in Assam, said that the construction of SLHEP is almost complete and will be commissioned next year.
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