Inside Pages9Final.indd - Ministry of Power

a. OPERATING POWER STATIONS
i) Loktak (Manipur) - 105 MW
ii) Rangit (Sikkim) - 60 MW
b. ONGOING PROJECTS
i) Teesta St-V (Sikkim) - 510 MW
ii) Subansiri Lower (Arunachal.) - 2000 MW
iii) Kambang (Arunachal) - 6 MW
iv) Sippi (Arunachal) - 4 MW
c. SURVEY & INVESTIGATION PROJECTS
i) Siyom (Arunachal) - 1000 MW
ii) Siang (Lower) (Arunachal) - 1600 MW
iii) Siang (Upper) (Arunachal) - 11000 MW
iv) Subansiri Middle (Arunachal) - 1600 MW
v) Subansiri Upper (Arunachal) - 2000 MW
vi) Dibang (Arunachal) - 3000 MW
VIII. GRIEVANCE CELL:
NHPC has its own internal Grievance Redressal
Machinery for expeditious redressal of grievances of
the general public as well as its own employees.
The functioning of the machinery is monitored
periodically to ensure efficacy of the system.
The Grievance Redressal Machinery is given extensive
publicity among the employees and members of the
public and all possible efforts are made to ensure
expeditious redressal of the grievances as and when
received. A monthly and quarterly report / return on
redressal of public grievances are being sent regularly
to the Ministry of Power.
Brought Number of Total Number of Number of
forward Grievances number of grievances grievances
as on received grievances disposed pending
01.01.2005 during the upto off.
year upto 31.12.2005
31.12.2005
NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
IX. R&D Activities
1. National R&D Project
(i) Development of Silt Resistant Material for
Turbines of Hydro Generators
NHPC is participating in conjunction with IITs & CPRI
Bangalore, in National R&D Project for development
of Silt Resistant Material for elongation of service
life of underwater components for which NML
(National Metallurgical Laboratory) Jamshedpur is
the lead agency. The Proposal has been approved
MINISTRY OF POWER
Uri-II Power Station (J&K) Tunnel under Const.
by the Standing Committee of Govt. of India on
R&D in its 9th Meeting held on 28th June 2005 at
CEA New Delhi. NHPC’s share is Rs. 1.00 crore.
(ii) Thermal Spray coating for improvement of
in-service life for Hydro Power Generating
Components
NHPC is the lead agency for National R&D Project
for development of hard coatings for elongation
of service life of underwater components. The
Proposal has been approved by the Standing
Committee of Govt. of India on R&D in its 9th
Meeting held on 28th June 2005 at CEA New Delhi.
NHPC’s share is Rs. 1.00 crore.
2. Development of Geothermal Power
NHPC being the Nodal Agency for Exploration of
Geothermal Energy has already carried out the ranking
studies with cooperation of International Consultant/
Contractor viz. M/s Geotherm Ex, USA. Six most
promising geothermal fields were identified in order of
following ranking :-
• Tattapani in Chattisgarh,
• Puga in J&K,
• Cambeygraben in Gujarat,
• Manikaran in HP,
• Surajkund in Jharkhand
• Chhumathang in J&K.
Work is being pursued on these projects. Recently a
team comprising representative of various power utilities
including NHPC and Prof. D. Chandra Shakhram, IIT,
Mumbai & Chairman of M/s Geo Syndicate Power Pvt.
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