The 500 MW unit of Bokaro Thermal Power Station has been shut due to boiler tube leakage for last 8 days, though engineers from BTPS have already assessed the damage and are repairing the leakage. DVC chief engineer and project head Kamlesh Kumar said that the damaged tube of boiler side has been replaced while work at ash pond is going on but it will take some more time.

DVC sources said the power generation at the BTPS has come down to zero as 500 MW of its production unit closed down due to technical snag , causing loss of crores of rupees to the DVC every day. DVC Sources said that the works in several parts of the tube carried out for last 8 days and the fault could be rectified, but some trouble developed in its ash pond near Nurinsgar.

DVC engineers and maintenance staffs were involved in the work but after around eight days the fault of ash pond could not rectified, it will take four or six days, sources said.

BTPS project head Kamlesh Kumar said, "All efforts are being on and hope unit of 500 MW would be lit up very soon.”

Bokaro Thermal Power Station is located at Bermo sub-division, Kathara, 40 km from Bokaro district .The power plant is one of the coal based power plant of DVC added another 500 MW of thermal power generation capacity, which declared COD(Commercial Operation Date) of 1x500MW unit of BTPS on February 23,2017.

The BTPS had achieved reputation of being the first and the largest thermal power station in Asia after its inauguration in 1953.