Tuesday, February 17, 2009

BHEL set to start work on Khandwa thermal power plant

Bharat Heavy Electricals has geared up to begin work on the 1,200 MW thermal power project in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

Mr AK Vajpeyi senior deputy general manager of BHEL said that "We received the first installment of INR 163 crore last week from Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company to carry out major work on the upcoming power station."

Mr Vajpevi said that "MPPGCL will give us a total of INR 3,150 crore."

According to an MPPGCL official, the total cost of the project is around INR 4,500 crore and MPPGCL, among other things would raise coal and ash handling system at the thermal station.

The official added that 2 units of 600 MW will come up under the project. The first was scheduled to be commissioned by March 2012 and the second unit would be operational by July 2012.

(Sourced from The Economic Times)

ref:
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/02/18/ODI5MTU%3D/BHEL_set_to_start_work_on_Khandwa_thermal_power_plant.html

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