585 MW power plants to come up in Meghalaya

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation will develop two power projects in Meghalaya, one 500 MW thermal power project and the other 85 MW hydro-power project. The thermal project will come up in Garo Hills while the hydro project will be on river Mawphu in Khasi Hills.
The State has a hydro-power potential of about 3,000 MW, of which only about 6 per cent has been tapped until now.

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