By Our Reporter
Shillong: The second unit of the Myntdu Leshka Hydro Electric project is expected to be commissioned soon.
Talking to The Shillong Times here on Saturday, Power minister AT Mondal said, “We are on the verge of commissioning the second phase.”
Meanwhile, an official associated with the project, who spoke on behalf od project Engineer Elias Lyngdoh, told The Shillong Times that the second unit of the project was synchronized with the grid on Friday. Currently some mandatory tests are going on and commercial output would start within a short span of time, the official added.
The first unit (42 MW) of the project was commissioned by Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma on February 29.
It may be mentioned that the cost of the project, which was initiated way back in 2002, has escalated from Rs 360 crore to Rs 1,173 crore due to repeated delays from both man-made and natural causes.
According to the Power Minister, the second phase is in its last stage as final spinning for the unit is going on.
Meghalaya from being a power surplus state is now a power deficit state and has a peak hour demand of 650 MW of power.