Unpredictable geological conditions burden NEEPCO's hydro project

NEEPCO's 600 MW Kameng hydro electric project is suffering from massive time and cost overruns encountered as a result of the adverse geology of the project area.

After struggling for months to complete all restoration works on account of the devastating flash floods, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited has now been forced to modify the entire lay-out of the pressure
tunnel from fully underground to partially over ground.

Apart from realigning the pressure tunnel to include a valve house, NEEPCO has had to double its efforts and further undertake micro piling at different levels in order to stabilize the slope of the power house. In addition to this, the wide variation in site conditions, as opposed to those envisaged earlier, has prompted NEEPCO to deviate from its existing works and incorporation a new set of works that are better suited for the actual conditions.

NEEPCO has demanded that the contractor deploy adequate equipment to yield the desired progress as per the revised commissioning schedule.