Hoho says it had final undertaking that direct power from DHEP will be given to Wokha town before April 30; Cautions there will be no more negotiation or excuses
DIMAPUR, MARCH 29 (MExN): The Lotha Hoho today informed that from March 15 onwards, it had a final undertaking from the HOP, Doyang Hydro Electric Project (DHEP) that direct power from DHEP will be given to Wokha town, before April 30.
Failing this, the Lotha Hoho in a press note cautioned that it would not allow power outlet from the DHEP. “There will be no more negotiation or excuses and the Nagaland state government and DHEP will be held responsible for any eventuality,” it said.
The Lotha Hoho informed that it has been pursuing the unfulfilled assurance of the Power Department to give direct power supply to Wokha town from Doyang Hydro Electric Project (DHEP).
The state government has left unfinished the 132 kv Overhead Transmission line from DHEP to Wokha town power substation. In this regard the Lotha Hoho had a consultative meeting with the DHEP officials on March 3, 2015 followed by another meeting on June 16, 2015, at Englan Hq, with the officials of the state Power Department and the public of Englan range consisting of five villages and Englan Hq.
The meeting had resolved to extend full support to the contractor, National Power Systems Ltd, for effecting early completion of the laying of Transmission line from DHEP to Wokha town; to check and prevent miscreants, from damage and theft of power transmission components; and to give due benefit to the genuine land owners, by Power Department. The resolutions were also endorsed by the Power Department present in the meeting.
Accordingly, the laying of power transmission line was completed by the end of May 2016. The Lotha Hoho also had a coordination meeting with the DHEP officials and on May 26, 2016, officially wrote to the Head of Project (HOP) of DHEP for early commissioning of the direct power supply line from DHEP to Wokha town. It also wrote to the Chief Engineer, Power, on June 14 for charging and testing the transmission line from DHEP to Wokha town.
The Lotha Hoho informed that the Power Department officials at Wokha had confirmed that the transmission line from DHEP to Wokha town had been charged and tested by end of October 2016. Following this, it had agreed with the HOP, DHEP that power supply to Wokha town would be be released before Christmas 2016.
However, the Lotha Hoho lamented that the state Power Department “seems unbothered and still no power supply is given to Wokha town, the actual custodian of the Doyang Hydro Electric Project site.”
