{"id":947772,"date":"2026-07-30T02:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=525661"},"modified":"2026-07-30T02:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:20:43","slug":"manipur-cabinet-scraps-66-mw-loktak-downstream-hydroelectric-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/07\/30\/manipur-cabinet-scraps-66-mw-loktak-downstream-hydroelectric-project-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: Cabinet scraps 66 MW Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"66 MW Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"66 MW Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T113309.138.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Imphal: The Manipur Cabinet has approved the closure of the 66 MW Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project and decided to wind up the Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Corporation Limited (LDHCL), bringing an end to a project that had faced years of opposition over its environmental and social impact. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-cabinet-scraps-66-mw-loktak-downstream-hydroelectric-project.html\">Manipur: Cabinet scraps 66 MW Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-cabinet-scraps-66-mw-loktak-downstream-hydroelectric-project.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-cabinet-scraps-66-mw-loktak-downstream-hydroelectric-project.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: The Manipur Cabinet has approved the closure of the 66 MW Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project and decided to wind up the Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Corporation Limited (LDHCL), bringing an end to a project that had faced years of opp&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-947772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947772"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947806,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947772\/revisions\/947806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}