Punjab Water Resources Department on Wednesday signed an agreement with M/s Omil JV for the construction of power houses of Shahpurkandi Dam Project.
The pact was signed, in the presence of Punjab Water Resources Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and the Principal Secretary (Water Resources) Sarvjit Singh, by the M/s OMIL JV’s Executive Director Bharat Kothari and Punjab’s Chief Engineer (Dams) SK Saluja.
“The construction of power houses will be taken up in the month of March by M/s OMIL JV at an awarded cost of Rs 621 crore on the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) mode. The completion period for this work is 36 months. The installed capacity of these power houses is 206 megawatt (MW) — that is three units of 33 MW in phase-I, other three units of 33 MW and one unit of eight MW in phase-II,” said the Minister.
The Minister said that electromechanical works of these power houses are already being executed by BHEL through PSPCL. On completion, the Shahpurkandi Dam project shall generate 1042 million units (MU) annually worth Rs 415 crore, he added.