A pre-bid meeting was held at Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl) campus with an aim to complete 300 megawatt lakhwar and 120 megawatt Vyasi hydro power project in Dehradun on Thursday.
The meeting was held in order to ensure the best quality civil works while bringing the project to the ground level. Strict instructions were also issued to the officials to take effective steps to complete all the pending projects in the given time frame. Couple of interested agencies tabled their projects and shared their views on different points for
completing all the pending hydro power projects.
later, tenders were also opened for the 120 megawatt Vyasi hydro power project and the BHEl bagged the bid as it was lowest bid among all the bidders.
Speaking on the occasion, UJVNl managing director GP Patel urged the gathering to take effective steps for completing lakhwar and Vyasi hydro power projects in the given time frame.
He said that 375 million units of electricity would be generated annually once the project completes in the near future. While informing about the lakhwar hydro power project, Patel said that the project has been labelled as national project and 605.82 million units of electricity would be given to Uttarakhand.
According to him, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh would be among beneficiary states once the project completes in the near future. Patel said that the department has been working round the clock to generate optimum electricity in the state run hydro power projects and further said that the department has met all set targets in terms of power generation across the state.
Patel informed that the renovation, modernisation and upgradation of the hydro power projects are the regular feature in the department to generate optimum electricity in the state. He also hoped that the power generation is likely to improve once all the pending projects complete in the near future. UJVNl Director Sandeep Singhal and General Manager Rajeev Agarwal were also present.