<span style="color: #222222;">In Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Pema Khandu dedicated the Dikshi Hydroelectric Project to the people of the state yesterday. The 24 Mega Watt Hydroelectric Project has been installed at Dikshi Village in West Kameng District. It is a Run-of-the-River project constructed on the river Phudung by Devi Energies Private Limited. It was completed in a record time of four years with an investment of about 430 crore rupees.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The project comprises of a 20 metre-long diversion structure across Phudung river with an intake structure located on the right bank to divert and regulate the waters into 337 metre-long feeder channel. The power house is a surface type, which comprises three Francis type turbo-generators – each of 8.0 MW capacity.<br />'' <br />'' The generation from the Dikshi project is evacuated through a 32 kilometre-long dedicated 132 Kilo Volts transmission line with switching stations. Power needs of the West and East Kameng districts and power requirements of defence establishments in the area would be addressed with the power generated from this project.<br />'' <br />'' Government of Arunachal Pradesh is the sole beneficiary of the power generation from this project. The State Govt will be getting 10% as free power from the 2nd year of its operation.</span><br />''  <br />