Hydroelectric Power: India’s power planning agency Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has prepared a massive transmission plan worth ₹6.4 lakh crore ($77 billion) to meet the growing electricity demand in the country. Under this plan, more than 76 GW hydroelectric capacity will be delivered to different parts of the country by 2047 from the Brahmaputra Basin.

According to the report released by CEA on Monday, the scheme covers 208 large hydro projects in 12 sub basins spread across the northeastern states. These include potential capacity of 64.9 GW and pumped storage plant capacity of 11.1 GW.

This has been said in the CEA report

The report states that the Brahmaputra River, which originates in Tibet (China) and passes through India and Bangladesh, has huge hydropower potential in India’s part. Especially in Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China, its potential is highest.

According to the CEA report, the transboundary location of this basin and its proximity to China makes water management and infrastructure planning a strategic challenge. India is worried that if China builds a big dam on the Yarlung Zangbo (the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra), it could reduce the dry season water flow to India by up to 85 percent.

80% of India’s hydro resources are in the Brahmaputra basin.

The Brahmaputra basin is spread across parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland and West Bengal. According to reports, this basin holds more than 80 percent of India’s untapped hydropower potential. Only Arunachal Pradesh has a capacity of 52.2 GW.

The scheme will be implemented in two phases

According to CEA’s plan, the first phase will run till 2035, with an estimated cost of ₹1.91 lakh crore. The second phase will run till 2047, which will cost ₹4.52 lakh crore.

Projects will be handed over to companies like NHPC, NEEPCO and SJVN

In this scheme of CEA, many projects have been allotted to central public sector companies like NHPC, NEEPCO and SJVN. Some of these projects are already in the process of construction. India aims to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and achieve 500 GW non-fossil energy generation capacity by 2030. Also, India has set a target of net zero emissions by 2070.

Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said on Saturday (October 11, 2025) that Uttarakhand, being a border state, is a strategically very sensitive and important state and there is a need to be alert and cautious on the China border.

Addressing a rally of ex-servicemen here, General Chauhan said that Uttarakhand has a 350 km border with China and 275 km border with Nepal, which makes the state sensitive and strategically important from the security point of view.

India needs to remain alert on LAC

He said, ‘Uttarakhand’s border with China is very quiet and hence sometimes we forget that Uttarakhand is a border state. We should keep in mind that we have some differences with China regarding LAC (Line of Control) and border and sometimes these come to the fore, like in the Barahoti area. For this reason we all have to be alert and cautious.

Chief of Defense Staff appealed to the people of the border areas to actively participate in the security of the border and said that monitoring the borders is not only the responsibility of the army, but the awareness of the local people is also equally important.

VIDEO | Addressing the veterans at an event in Dehradun, Chief of Defense Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says, “Uttarakhand is a border state, sharing its borders with Nepal and China. Although there is peace at the border with China, some differences exist, and we should remain… pic.twitter.com/flNnZQvH60

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 11, 2025

CDS recited the famous dialogue of the film ‘Aankhen’

Describing the people living in border areas, especially ex-servicemen, as ‘eyes’, the CDS said that if they remain alert, the borders will remain even stronger. On this occasion, he also recited the famous dialogue of the film ‘Aankhen’, ‘No one can touch the borders of that country, which is guarded by the eyes’.

General Chauhan also said that on the lines of the way cooperative societies supply food to the Army in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, now this system will be started in Uttarakhand also. He said that at present the products related to dairy and animal husbandry are being taken from cooperative societies and in the coming time, fresh ration will also be taken from them. This will not only ensure smooth supply of goods to the border areas, but will also provide economic benefits to the local people.

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