The construction work of the Darlipalli project in Sundargarh district is in full swing, and, when completed in 2018, it would supply 800 MW of power to Odisha, said National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Regional Executive Director Arvind Kumar at a Press meet here on Tuesday.
NTPC , ER-II has also completed 301 electrification of un-electrified villages out of 531 target villages in Odisha under the Deen Dayal Upadhay Grameen Jyoti Yojana and the works for remaining are progressing well.
The Eastern Region (ER)-II at present has an installed capacity of 3,720 MW which includes Talcher Thermal Power Station (460 MW), Talcher Super Thermal Power Station- Kaniha(3,000 MW) and Kanika (10 MW),said Kumar.
He further informed that ER- II has bagged the prestigious MoU trophy for best performing region for the consecutive year 2014- 2015 and 2015-16 by taking all parameters into consideration. Besides, TTPS has secure first position I and TSTPS- Kaniha has bagged fifth position in CEA PlF based all India ranking of all power stations. TSTPS has bagged two national safety awards (lowest accident rate) for two consecutive years 2014 and 2014 from Union Ministry of labour.
Informing about the corporate social responsibility (CSR activities) GM (HR) Amarnath Verma informed that NTPC is constructing a 500 bedded world class hospital in Sundargarh district headquarters at a cost of Rs417 crore. The hospital has been designed by world class architect Hafeez Contractor. Besides, the company is setting up a polytechnic at Darlipalli in Sundargarh at a cost of Rs25 crore and ITI in Ganjam at a cost of Rs7.72 crore. It is also carrying out illumination work and sound system at Grand Road in Puri as part of CSSR activities. General Manager AK Tripathy presided over the meeting.