- NHPC signs Memorandum of Understanding with Bihar State Hydroelectric Power Corporation (BSHPC) for Implementation of 130.1 MW Dagmara HE Project
- Power Minister says hydropower is very important in the background of climate change and in shift from fossil to non-fossil fuel for future generation.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between NHPC Limited and Bihar State Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (BSHPC) for Implementation of 130.1 MW Dagmara HE Project, Dist. Supaul, Bihar on 14th June 2021 through Video Conferencing.
The
MOU was signed and exchanged by the signatories in the presence of
R.K. Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Power and New
& Renewable Energy & Minister of State Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship, Government of India and Bijendra Prasad Yadav,
Energy Minister, Govt. of Bihar.
The
MOU was signed by Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects), NHPC on
behalf of NHPC, whereas Alok Kumar, Managing Director, BSHPC signed
the document on behalf of Govt. of Bihar. Alok Kumar, Secretary
(Power), Govt. of India, Ashish Upadhyaya, Additional Secretary,
S.K.G. Rahate, Additional Secretary, Vivek Kumar Dewangan,
Additional Secretary and Tanmay Kumar, Joint Secretary (Hydro),
from MOP, Govt. of India, Sanjeev Hans, Secretary (Energy), Govt.
of Bihar, Pratyay Amrit, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of
Bihar and AK. Singh,
CMD, NHPC, N.K. Jain, Director (Personnel), Y.K. Chaubey,
Director (Technical), R.P. Goyal, Director (Finance) and A.K. Srivastava, CVO from NHPC were
also present on the occasion.
Speaking
on the occasion, R.K. Singh, Minister of State (Independent
Charge) Power and New & Renewable Energy & Minister of State
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India thanked
NHPC for their speedy response and cooperation in taking up the project
which reflects their keen spirit towards their aim of development of
hydropower. He further said that hydropower is very important in the
background of climate change and in shift from fossil to non-fossil fuel
for future generation.
In
his address Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Energy Minister, Govt. of
Bihar conveyed his gratitude on behalf of state government to Ministry
of Power and NHPC for taking up the implementation of the Dagmara
Project. He further said that the project will bring all round progress
and development in the state.
A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC said that the Dagmara H.E. Project will be a
landmark project in the power sector scenario of Bihar as far as green
power is concerned. He further added that apart from generating clean
and green power, the execution will boost the socio-economic and
infrastructure development in the area and shall also create employment
opportunities.
The
130.1 MW Dagmara HE Project, the largest hydropower project of Bihar is
to be implemented by NHPC on ownership basis. NHPC is a Category-A
Miniratna Company under Ministry of Power, Govt. of India in the field
of Hydropower. Currently, NHPC has 24 operational power stations with a
total installed capacity of 7071 MW.