Second World Hydro Power Convention 2013 was held at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi from September 5-6 on the dual theme ‘International Cooperation’ & ‘Multilateral Development for Harnessing India’s Hydro Power Potential.’
Former power minister of Nagaland, Major Doshehe Y. Sema also spoke on ‘Reform & Project Implementation Initiatives’ during the convention, which has been described as the Complete Hydro Power Show.
In his speech, Doshehe recalled that in May 2003 Prime Minister launched 50,000 MW, 162 HEP in 16 states of the country out of which North East Region constituted 67% i.e., 31925 MW.
He said Nagaland has three projects under this PM initiative Scheme. He noted that over the last 10 years, a significant progress has been made through developers with the support of Government of India and State governments.
Maj Doshehe, however, said hurdles were encountered in policies that needed to be reformed implementation wise in respect of Grant for creating Infrastructure such as road, transmission line as these costs, in many cases becomes higher than developing the HEP.
Another factor, in NER, according to Maj Doshehe was that the rivers are in deep gorge that requires storage dam which is not cost effective. He said this needed to be addressed by extending incentive package.
Delayed clearances by Government of India and State government are not the only hindrance but the Developers themselves cause confusion, he added.
He pointed out that Government of India needed to reform the policy and diversify its approach, e.g., in terms of Reformation & Diversification of America.
World Hydro Power Convention was conceptualized by Global ENERGIA: India’s Premier Energy & Power Infrastructure Magazine in association with ‘Hydro Power Experts Committee’ (HPEC).
The event was organized by Fortune Media Group which is the official publisher of Global ENERGIA magazine. Besides Indian delegates, international delegates from Barcelona. China, Czech Republic, etc also converged at the convention.