In North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project third and fourth grade jobs will be given to the locals first. Among locals the denizens of those five villages which has come in our project area will get priority, said Raghavendra Kumar Singh, GM NTPC NKSTPP, while talking to media persons on Monday in the new administrative office near Indrapuri Chowk, Hazaribagh.
Singh informed that for the erection work NTPC has awarded engineering, procurement and construction work to BHEl and work will start soon. Talking about the R-R policy of NTPC, Singh said that officials of BHEl have been instructed to take the local skilled and unskilled workers first and we will keep eye on it.
Talking about the NKSTPP he informed that three units of 660 MW will be installed here. The first unit will become operational by November 2017 and in the end of 2019 NKSTPP will start manufacturing power to its full capacity. Jharkhand will get 230 MW electricity from this plant apart from 298 MW it is getting from our other plants.
The GM explained the causes of delay of this power plant. He said that on 6th March 1999 Ex-PM AB Vajpayee had laid its foundation stone but the project finally got the green signal of central government in February 2013. Now everything is going in right direction and to solve some small problems both Hazaribagh and Chatra district administrations are helping us at their best.
On August 21, 2014 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the erection work of this plant in which we are going to use environment friendly super critical steam generator technology which is eco-friendly and the air cooled condenser has minimized our water requirement from 90 cusec to 20 cusec. For required water Garhi Dam project was made and it is hoped that within a month with state government we will come to a solution.
Talking about the CSR activities of his organization he informed that NTPC has already sanctioned Rs. 100 crores for Power Engineering College and we are waiting for the allotment of land by the state government. Besides this he also informed about construction of shopping mall at Tandwa in which shops will be given to the locals, mobile medical vans, scholarships to local youths for taking technical education etc.
Earlier Manager HR AK Das welcomed everyone in new administrative office and gave a brief information about his organization and its journey. Senior Manager HR HC Dubey gave vote of thanks. On this occasion Senior Manager S Chakraborty was also present.