annual report 1994-95 ministry of power

Law and order Problems : The Project area
at present is peaceful. Full strength of CISF
personnel have been posted at site.
Diversion Tunnel : Boring of the entire
length of 633 M tunnel has been completed.
Lining works are in progress and programmed
for completion by March ’95. Work order
for fabrication and erection of the Intake gate
for Diversion Tunnel has been placed. The
Diversion Tunnel will be completed in Aug.
’95.
Power House : On completion of excavation
works, Civil works for Power House Building
have been started and Ist stage concreting for
lowering D.T. Liner have been completed.
D.T. Liner is under erection.
The T.G. Unit of the Power Station are being
manufactured by M/s BHEL and substantial
parts have already been despatched by them
and received at site. Manufacturing works
are proceeding satisfactorily.
Plan Allocation : Against a requirement of
Rs. 75.00 Crs. for the year 1994-95, the
approved allocation stands at Rs. 30.00 Crs.
(iii) Ranganadi H.E. Project (405 MW)
Arunachal Pradesh
This Project is located in the Lower Subansiri
District of Arunanchal Pradesh and has a
provision for installing 3 Units of 135 MW
each. The cost of the Project has been updated
upto Feb. ’93 price level and stands at Rs.
675.74 crs. The Project envisages to generate
1874 MU annually at rated capacity. The Ist
135 MW Unit of the Project is scheduled for
commissioning within the VIIlth Plan period,
i.e. March, 1997 and the project is expected
to be fully commissioned by July 1997.
Infrastructural Development
All infrastructural development like roads &
buildings construction, power and land
acquisition have been completed.
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Major Works
Diversion Tunnel : Work of Diversion Tunnel
has been completed.
Main Tunnel : The work of Main Tunnel is
progressing satisfactorily. Initial geological
problems have been overcome and the bad
geological stretch has been crossed. Boring
of 4220 M of Tunnel length has been
completed out of 10271 M. Imported
Tunnelling Equipments such as Drilling
jumbos, Rock Bolters and Shotereting
equipments have been deployed in different
faces for expediting the work.
Diversion Dam :4 (four) bidders have been
techno commercially qualified for the work
and for opening of their price bids which is
due on 20.12.1994. Order for Diversion Dam is
scheduled to be placed by February, 95. The
work is scheduled to take 48 months for
completion.
Plan Allocation : Rs. 56 Crores was allocated
for the year 1994-95 against proposal of Rs.
130.00 Crores.
(iv) Assam gas based combined cycle power
project (291 MW) Assam
This Project is located in Dibrugarh District
of Upper Assam. The Project was
administratively approved in November 1987
for installing 6 (six) units of Gas Turbines and
3 (three) units of Steam Turbine to utilise the
waste heat with a total installing Capacity of
291 MW. The latest cost as per November,
1994 price level works out to Rs. 1209.26
crores.
The required gas I MCMD shall be supplied
by M/s. Oil India Ltd. from its Kathalguri
Off Take Point which is 8 K.M. away from
the Project site.
The Govt. of India has tied up with the
Overseas Economic Corporation Fund
(OECF) Japan, for loan assistance for
implementation of the Project. M/s.
Mitsubishi Corporation and M/s. BHEL