BHEL to execute 38 projects in East

Kolkata: State owned power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), eastern region will execute 38 projects totalling 13828 MW in the Eleventh Plan period.

Nationally, BHEL is committed to add 78000 MW during the same period. It is executing all the three projects identified by the Central government in the eastern region for uninterrupted power supply during the upcoming Commonwealth Games in October 2010.

These are Mejia(power house-II), Durgapur Steel project and Koderma project that would add 3000 MW of installed capacity in the region and are scheduled to be completed in around 35 months.

Chattisgarh State Electricity Board has recently awarded 500MW Korba(West) project and 2X500 MW Marwah project to BHEL. BHEL beat Alstom India earlier this month to win the Rs 2200 crore contract for setting up a Combined Cycle Power Plant in Tripura on turnkey basis.

On commissioning, the project is expected act as a major boost to the power and industrial scenario in the North-Eastern states.