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MINISTRY OF POWER
Chapter - 23.9
DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION
INTRODUCTION
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was constituted by an Act of Central Legislature on 7th July, 1948 for the Unified
Development of Damodar Valley with the objectives of promotion and operation of schemes for generation, transmission
and distribution of electrical energy, both hydro-electric and thermal besides other non-power functions viz. Irrigation,
Flood control and Water supply, Afforestation and Soil conservation and Socio economic development of inhabitants
within its area of operation.
Keeping in view of the growing domestic demands and also to meet the national priorities, power generation with
associated transmission and bulk distribution activities gained momentum in DVC. Other objectives of DVC, have also
received due attention in execution as part of its overall responsibility.
A. POWER GENERATING PLANTS AT A GLANCE
POWER RELATED ACTIVITIES OF DVC
Station Location Existing Capacity Commissioned
THERMAL POWER STATIONS (TPS)
Bokaro ‘A’ TPS Dist. Bokaro Jharkhand 135 MW (3x45) 1953
Bokaro ‘B’ TPS Dist. Bokaro Jharkhand 630 MW (3x210) 1986-1993
Chandrapura TPS Dist. Bokaro Jharkhand 750 MW (3x130+3x120) 1964-1979
Durgapur TPS Dist. Burdwan West Bengal 350 MW (1x140+1x210) 1966-1982
Mejia TPS Dist. Bankura West Bengal 840 MW (4x210) 1996-2005
Total Thermal 2705 MW
HYDEL POWER STATIONS (HPS)
Tilaiya HPS Dist. H’bagh Jharkhand 4MW (2x2) 1953
Maithon HPS Dist. Burdwan West Bengal 60 MW (3x20) 1957-1958
Panchet HPS Dist. Dhanbad Jharkhand 80 MW (2x40) 1959-1991
Total Hydel 144 MW
GAS TURBINE STATION (GTS)
Maithon GTS Dist. Dhanbad Jharkhand 82.5 MW (3x27.5) 1989
GRAND TOTAL 2931. 5 MW
B. TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION LINES AT A GLANCE
Particulars 220 KV 132KV 33 KV
Transmission Line (Ckt. Km.) 1079 2642
Interconnection Tie Line (Ckt. Km.) 198 395
Distribution Line (Ckt. Km.) 18 252 1057
Total.(Ckt. Km.) 1295 3289 1057