The State capital will have to cope up with the ongoing power crisis for a few more days until the two closed units of the two major power suppliers-Tenughat Thermal Power Station (TTPS) and Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS)-begin functioning again. According to an official of Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam limited (JUVNl), currently the department is facing deficit of 250 MW due to the breakdown of units at Patratu and Tenughat.
“This is a temporary crisis created by the breakdown of unit X of PTPS and unit I of TTPS due to some technical faults. As soon as they start functioning, the crisis will be overcome,” said PRO of JUVNl PR Pandey. Together they produce 250 MW of power catering to the requirements of the state capital, added Pandey. The power production has been disrupted for the last three days keeping the State capital powerless for hours.
Director (Operations and Maintenance) Sudhanshu Kumar of PTPS, however, claimed that the problems arose due to the snags identified with the RAH (Rotary Air Heater) and Generator, which will be taken care by tomorrow,” said Kumar. The production of the unit possibly will be started by Monday, claimed Pandey. According to Pandey, power production of 80-85 MW has been affected due to current breakdown.
TTPS General Manager G Ravidas also claimed that the repair work of unit-I is expected to get completed by Monday afternoon following which the Unit will start functioning smoothly from Tuesday morning. “Although it has caused power loss worth several lakhs, we will try to compensate it by maintaining power production, said Ravidas.
Power production of TTPS has currently gone down to 170 MW as one of its production units closed down due to boiler tube leakage. Some of the minor defects which occurred in Unit – II of TTPS have already been removed. TTPS is considered to be the back bone of the state’s power requirement, consisting of two units, producing a total of 420 MW. The TTPS caters to a huge part of the power production required by the JUVNl, which is further distributed across the State.
According to Ravidas, the unit –I of the station could be made functional within two days. “Engineers of TTPS would able to fix it by Monday evening enabling the production to be started from Tuesday afternoon. local Superintending Engineer also asserted that the power situation is completely dependent on supply they are getting from the grid, as soon as they get adequate power supply, the crisis automatically will be removed.