The 69th board meeting of Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl) was chaired by chief secretary Subhash Kumar in Dehradun on Tuesday. It was also decided to release loan amount of Rs 181 crore through PFC for completing Maneri-Bhali-II at earliest.
The Board members also approved the tariff petition of annual performance review for the 10 large and middle hydro power projects, which was to be produced at Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission for the month of September.
The members also approved Rs 63 crore for the construction of safety wall on the banks of river Bhagirathi and Rs 1.7 crore for design after Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna inaugurated flood control at Uttarkashi district in October, this year. It was also decided to complete all the projects in the given time frame as the residents in the district faced the brunt of natural calamities, that Uttarakhand in the month of June.
A sum of Rs 80 crore has been also released for DPR and Rs 1.63 crore has been sanctioned for the design and layout for the project. The Board members have also decided to sanction Rs 376 crore for the renovation, modernization and up-gradation for Maneri Bhali-I and out of sanctioned amount, Rs 22 crore would be spent on security measure whereas Rs 491 crore has been also approved for the renovation, modernization and upgradation of 144 megawatt Chilla hydro power project.
The Board members also had detailed discussion to acquire ISO-9001 accreditation in the near future and also had discussed on 300 megawatt lakhwad hydro power project, which is going to be constructed at the approximate cost of Rs 4,000 crore. An approval was also given to the decision taken by the audit committee of the department. The Board members also had detail discussion on renovation, modernization and up-gradation of various hydro power projects and those projects that were baldy damaged in the natural calamities that struck Uttarakhand in the month of June. BP Pandey, MC Joshi, Jl Bajaj, CM Vasudev, SC Sain, GP Patel and Sandeep Singhal were also present.