BHEl commissions first unit of Kishanganga HEP in J&K
Bharat Heavy Electricals limited (BHEl) has successfully commissioned the first 110 MW generating unit of the prestigious 330 MW Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), being developed by NHPC ltd. located on the river Kishanganga, a tributary of the river Jhelum, in Bandipora district of J&K, the three units of Kishanganga HEP on being commissioned, will be able to generate 1,350 Million Units (MU) of clean electricity annually. The balance two units are also in advanced stages of commissioning. BHEl was entrusted with execution of the Electro-Mechanical (E&M) package for the project comprising design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of Vertical Shaft Pelton Turbines and matching synchronous Generators, Controls & Monitoring (SCADA) System along with electrical and mechanical auxiliaries. The equipment was supplied from BHEl's manufacturing units at Bhopal, Jhansi, Rudrapur and Bengaluru while the execution of works on site was carried out by the company's Power Sector Northern Region division and Transmission Business Group. In the state of J&K, BHEl has so far commissioned 31 Hydro sets with a cumulative capacity of 1,257 MW.
NBCC DIVERSIFIES INTO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
NBCC (India) ltd., the Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has added yet another aspect to its expanding business by diversifying into the Road construction space. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Yogesh JP Sharma, Executive Director (Engg.) NBCC and Anup Malik, Managing Director from Ecotourism Development Corporation of Uttarakhand ltd (EDCUl) in the presence of Harak Singh Rawat, Minister for Forest, Government of Uttarakhand to construct an eco-tourism circuit along Kotdwar-Ramnagar Kandi Road in the State of Uttarakhand. The 50 km four lane highway road project will be partly straight road and partly elevated road, like flyover/bridge etc., to allow for free movement of wild animals underneath. The project will be developed under Green Infrastructure/Green Road Model and is estimated to cost Rs. 2,000 crore. The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun will be the partner institute of NBCC for ecological planning of the project which will be conducted through Satellite data.
HOME MINISTER lAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR REDEVelOPMENT OF RAIlWAY STATIONS AT lUCKNOW
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has laid the foundation stone for Redevelopment of Gomti Nagar & Charbagh Railway Stations at lucknow. The redevelopment project is being executed by NBCC (India) ltd., a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Govt. of India. NBCC has been entrusted with the Redevelopment of 10 Railway Stations across India. The other dignitaries who were present during the ceremony were Piyush Goyal, Union Railway and Coal Minister and Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC. The redevelopment of these Railway stations shall be carried out in phases and the estimated project cost of Phase 1 is approx. Rs 374 Cr and Rs1206 Cr for Gomti Nagar and Charbagh respectively. NBCC shall be executing this project on a self-revenue generation model by commercial utilization of vacant railway land parcels.
19th QC Convention of NTPC
Genx lQC of Korba bagged the 1st position in the 19th NTPC Quality Circles Convention that concluded in Farakka on March 17. Anusandhan QC of Farakka and Udaan QC of Sipat secured the 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Nirvaran of Badarpur bagged the Best QC Unit award. The first position in the Model Exhibition section went to Pragati QC of Tanda, while the second and the third positions went to Niruiram Chakra QC and Niyantran QC of Ramagundum and Solapur respectively. Altogether 14 QC teams, representing various regions of NTPC participated in the two day convention. The awards were given away to the winning teams by NN Rai, ED, BE, Kunal Gupta, GGM, Farakka and others at the concluding session of the convention. The Two day meet was inaugurated on March 16 by Saptarshi Roy, Director (HR & Fin) through the VC mode from Corporate Centre.