NTPC has managed to persuade BHEL to hasten equipment supplies to Unit-II of the 3x500 MW Indira Gandhi super thermal power project (IGSTPP), along with the second unit of 2x500 MW Simhadri super thermal power station (STPS), Phase-II, so as to commission them this fiscal. BHEL had, earlier, intended to commission the two projects only by next year. This recent consensus was reached during a recent meeting of the committee constituted by the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) to finalize deadlines for various developmental activities at the power projects being executed by BHEL. Accordingly, IGSTPP and Simhadri STPS will now be synchronized by BHEL in January and February 2011, respectively.
Pertinently, the IGSTPP, being developed by Aravali Power Company Private Limited, a joint venture between NTPC, Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCPL) and Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL), was expected to meet a segment of the power needs of the impending Commonwealth Games in the capital. However, BHEL`s lapses with equipment supplies have rendered this a remote possibility. It is now hoped that at least the first unit of the project, which is now expected to be commissioned barely one month before the start of the games, can contribute in meeting the heightened power demand expected from October 2010 onwards. The project is located in the Jhajjar district of Haryana. On the other hand, NTPC`s efforts to beat the original deadline of May 2011 for the Simhadri-II project, located in the Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, and commission both 500 MW units by March of the same year are being stymied by the lackadaisical attitude of its contractors for the project-- while BHEL has been awarded the main plant package, Era Construction is responsible for the associated civil work.
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