The government of the state of Telangana has been taking planned and precautionary steps to ensure sufficient power in upcoming years. CM K Chandrashekar Rao, recently announced that Telangana would become a state with surplus power.

The state-run heavy electrical equipment manufacturer BHEL has confirmed that it has bagged a contract of over Rs 5,000 crore worth. The PSU got finalized for executing a thermal power plant at Manuguru in Khammam district.

“Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGENCO) has awarded Bhel with an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) order for setting up a 1,080 MW thermal power plant in the state,” BHEL said in a statement.

“Valued at over Rs. 5,000 crore, the order envisages setting up a thermal plant at Manuguru in Khammam District of Telangana,” it said, the equipment maker has to commission the project in 24 months. BHEL has to work out the designing, engineering, manufacturing, constructing, erecting the machinery, testing, and finally commissioning of 4x270 MW units on EPC basis.

BHEL’s Trichy, Hyderabad, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Bangalore and Jhansi plants would built the crucial components of the proposed power plant. While, the civil works, erection, and commissioning would be taken care by company’s Power Sector -- Western Region.

As per the media reports TSGENCO has been entered into a preliminary understanding with BHEL for construction of new thermal power plants totaling 6,000 MW in the state.

If the power plants proposed in Khammam, Adilabad, and other districts commissioned within three years, the state can provide uninterrupted power to domestic and industrial sector. Recently central government has allocated 222 MW power for the period of April 1 and September, and another 374 MW from October 1 to March next.

-Kannamsai