BHEL Bhopal has successfully designed, fabricated, machined and assembled its largest ever Guide Apparatus for Polavaram Hydroelectric Project. The Guide Apparatus assembly is a major component of the Hydroelectric Project which serves as water inlet through its 24 guide vanes each weighing 4 MT and is approximately 4 meters in length.
On assembly, its cylindrical structure weighs 255 MT with a diameter of 9.5 m and height of 6.5 m. S M Ramanathan, Executive Director, BHEL Bhopal inspected the assembly on 24-04-2024 and congratulated the employees for this achievement. G P Baghel (GM - Quality) and V Shrinivas Rao (GM - Hydro) were also present on the occasion.
On completion, Polavaram hydro-electric project will be producing a total of 960 MW electricity with the help of its twelve similar Kaplan hydro turbine and hydro-generator sets of 80 MW each. The machines for Polavaram are the largest being manufactured by BHEL. BHEL is supplying the major part of the machinery for Polavaram hydro-electric project which is being set up by Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited for M/s Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited. The project is located on the Godavari river in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, In a simple program held at the Aministrative building, BHEL, Bhopal, SM Ramanathan, Executive Director bade farewell to Rajeev Sarna, General Manager (ELX), Dhan Singh, Dhurve, Additional General Manager (WTM), Ravindra Pratap Singh, Officer and 07 Supervisors on their superannuation. Ramanathan in his address urged all the retiring employees to make the second innings of their life meaningful and enjoy as much as possible while staying healthy. BK Singh, General Manager (Human Resources) was also present on this occasion.
