Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl) Managing Director, GP Patel was conferred with lifetime Achievement Award by Integrated Council for Socio Economic Progress, Thrissur, Kerala. Former Minister of State for Planning, MV Rajasekharan presented award to Patel in a function held at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
It is also noteworthy that power generation through state run hydro power projects has been increasing year after year since the joining of Patel in limited as managing director.
The turbines have managed to generate 48,12.111million units of electricity against the target of 47,52.670 million units of electricity in the last financial year in the State even in the adverse geographical conditions in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
Additionally, UJVNl also managed to generate surplus electricity in 2011-12 financial year and generated 5261.823 million units of electricity against the target of 47,60.50 million units of electricity, which is also termed as the highest power generation through State run hydro power projects since the formation of Uttarakhand.
While speaking to The Pioneer, GP Patel, Managing Director, UJVNl said that renovation, modernization and upgradation of the turbines is the regular feature in the department in order to ensure the optimum power generation through State run hydro power projects.
“The department has completed the renovation and upgradation of 9.3 megawatt Mohamadpur hydro power projects,” he revered, adding that the department has filled most of the vacant posts for ensuring speedy work and out of 296 filled posts, 254 candidates were from Uttarakhand and remaining 244 posts would be fulfilled in the near future. Patel further informed that the department has been extensively working to generate electricity through other sources, which include gas, coal, solar etc.
Patel told that stern instructions have been regularly issued to the department officials to generate optimum electricity by renovation and modernisation and further claimed that repairing of turbines is the regular feature in the department to meet with the set target.
He said that department will able to generate surplus electricity in the near future also. Former Rajya Sabha MP P Selvi Das, Dr Prem Nath and delegates from Britain, Nepal, Bhutan were also present.