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| Law & order problems in J&K has impact on hydro projects | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI : Contractual issues at its hydro power project in Himachal Pradesh may deter state-run NHPC’s ambitious plans of adding over 5,000 MW by March 2012 and law and order problems in Jammu & Kashmir has impacted the work on three of the company’s hydro projects — the 240-MW Uri, 45-MW Nimmo Bazgo and 44-MW Chutak projects — in the state.
The company which is setting up a 800 (4x200) MW hydro power project at Parbati in Himachal Pradesh is fighting a legal battle with the plant’s contractor, Robbins.
“With Parbati there is a big contractual issue...NHPC is involved in litigation with one of the contractors, the matter has been on for the past 3-4 years,” a Power Ministry official told.
He said the matter is in district court and the judgement was expected next month.
Parbati-II project was earlier due for commissioning during the current XIth Five Year Plan Period (2007-2012) and now the commencement of the project has been postponed to July, 2014.
The dispute with the contractor has also led to rise in the cost of the project...It has increased to over Rs 4,200 crore from around Rs 3,900 crore earlier.
As a result of differences with the contractor, work on the Parbati-II hydro electric project has been delayed, with blasting and tunnel boring work not progressing as per plan. Frequent modifications are to be carried out to prevent damage to site work.
The project involves setting up of a concrete gravity dam, tunnel, shaft, pilot shaft, a surface power house, turbine and a switchyard.
This is one of the many projects of country’s largest hydro power producer NHPC which is facing problems. The company’s largest 2,000 MW Subansiri project in Assam is also held up due to local opposition citing environmental concerns.
Geological issues have also hit NHPC’s 231-MW Chamera-III project in Himachal Pradesh.
NHPC had planned to add about 5,322 MW of power generation capacity during the current plan period but with more than five of its projects facing some obstacle or the other the achievement of the target seems unlikely.
This in turn would adversely impact the Power Ministry’s goal of adding 62,000 MW of electricity by March, 2012.
The current installed generation capacity of NHPC stands at over 4,000 MW.
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