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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lang Hydro Project scheduled to be commissioned soon

Parliamentary Secretary for Power, Kipili Sangtam with officials of the Power department at the Hydro Electric Project near Phangsa Village under Tuensang district


The 1 Mega Watt Lang Hydro Electric Project near Phangsa Village in Noklak sub division of Tuensang District that started in 2002-03 has been completed successfully and is scheduled to be commissioned shortly.

According to the Power Department, a team comprising of the Parliamentary Secretary for Power, Kipili Sangtam, Additional Chief Engineer and senior officials of the Power Department carried out a preliminary inspection of the Project site on April 16 to ascertain the preparedness of the project. The team is reported to have found during the inspection that all civil and electrical installations were fully completed as per specifications.

After the inspection, the Parliamentary Secretary had a brief interaction with the officials and village council members of Old Phangsa at the project site. During the interaction Sangtam assured the staff of the Project and village council members that he would arrange to open a fair priced shop immediately at the project site to meet the basic needs of the staff and the villagers.  He further assured to initiate the setting up of one PHC and a primary school on need basis.

On the other hand the Parliamentary Secretary appealed to the Village Council to extend their fullest support and cooperation especially in regard to law and order problems and security related issues. In conclusion he congratulated the concerned engineers, both civil and electrical, and other staff for successful completion of the hydro project.

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