The main aim of the NTPC is to produce safe, economical and environment-friendly power and see that people in the plant and around it to be happy, said NTPC Eastern Region II Regional Executive Director RK Srivastava at a media interaction here on Friday.
Srivastava said with coming of stringent environmental norms the company is bringing new technology to Odisha. The Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) has bagged for the fifth time the Greentech Safety Award 2016. TTPS has been operating at a consistent high-level of Plant load Factor (PlF) of 101.05 per cent.
The NTPC had designed strategies to renovate and modernise the station and introduced various new systems including modern digital control, alternate coal transportation and gas chlorination and improved the PlF to over 90 per cent, said Srivastava.
Similarly, the Talcher Super Thermal Power Station, the largest power plant in eastern India was provided with highly efficient electro-static precipitators to control SPM in stack emission. Ash generated from the station is used for ash brick manufacturing, substitute of sand in mortar and raising of ash pond dykes. A 10 MW solar power plant has been established from 2014 within the plant premises,
he said.
Over 530 un-electrified villages in 15 districts allotted by the Government of India and Odisha to NTPC for electrification under 12th plan have been completed in time.
Work on partially electrified villages allotted to NTPC for electrification under the 12th Plan, is in full swing and likely to be completed in time.
So far more than 1 lakh BPl households have been provided with electricity connections in Odisha.
Construction of Darlipali mega thermal plant of 1600 MW in Sundargarh district is in full swing. After its completion Odisha would get 800 MW of power, said Srivastava.
As part of CSR activities the company is constructing an ITI in Ganjam , livelihood creation for rural communities through self help groups (SHG) formation and women empowerment through computer training, providing basic facilities in the peripheral areas near the plants. Among others, Ram Kuber, Dipankar Ghosh, Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Muralidhar Mishra, Braja Bihari Tripathy , KR Pandu, Sebastian Joseph and other senior officials were present.