BHEL to treble supply of power equipment in 2010-11

Confident of meeting power requirements for the Commonwealth Games, public sector company Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has set a target to supply 12,000 MW of power equipment to power companies such as NTPC in 2010-11. This is three times the 4,000 MW supply in the previous fiscal.

This comes in view of the recent slippages in the deadlines for power equipment supply by BHEL, which is among the many reasons that has lead to lower power capacity addition than the XI Plan targets.

Deadline slippages

To address this issue, the Heavy Industry Ministry has set up a panel under the PMO's directive. The panel is chaired by the Secretary, Heavy Industries and includes the Chairmen and Managing Directors of BHEL and NTPC and representatives from the Power Ministry.

Effective till 2011-12, the XI Plan has targeted 78,700 MW of power capacity for the five-year period. For the first three years, however, only 23,302 MW of power capacity has been added.


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