Shillong, July 15: Power Minister AT Mondal indicated that decrease in the water level of the Umiam lake will impact power generation .
Mondal said the current water level in the Umiam lake is okay, but the situation may change depending on the monsoon.
“As of now we are okay but I don’t know how long monsoon will elude us and it will depend on all that”, he said.
According to Mondal, it is too early to predict if the situation will lead to imposition of loadshedding.
The water scarcity may also affect the functioning of other hydel projects like Leshka and Ganol.
Power dues
The minister said the state’s dues to central utilities like NEEPCO, NTPC, and Powergrid have been neutralised, and efforts are being made to repay the outstanding dues of Rs 664 crore to NTPC by 2027.
“We have some dues with NTPC that is the dues accumulated over the years. It was around Rs 664 crore. We are targetting by 2027 we will neutralise that dues also,” Mondal stated.
