Electricity Woes ; Work yet to start on 1000 MWs Pakal Dul, 624 MWs Kiru and 540 MWs Kwar project
The Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd (CVPPL) has failed to construct the key power projects including the largest project of 1000 MWs Pakal Dul project.According to officials, work is yet to start over 1000 MWs Pakal Dul, 624 MWs Kiru and 540 MWs Kwar power projects even as the CVVPL had earlier scheduled to start the projects in 2014.
CVPPL had informed the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) last year that the process has been started for carrying out the construction works.
As per the disclosure made with the SERC, it was noted that Pakal Dul was to start in the middle of 2014 while work over Kiru and Kwar was to begin by the end of 2014 and the projects were to be completed by the end of 66 months and 54 months respectively.
However, even as the work over the Pakal Dul project was bagged by a consortium of Patel Engineering Ltd, Limak Holding of Turkey and state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd in February 2014, the company couldn’t be issued the allotment letter due to delay in constitution of the CVPPL board.
A senior government official said the pre-qualification bid has been recently issued for the civil works of the Kiru project while CVPPL has sought the environmental clearance for the Kwar project.
The Pakal Dul project is proposed to be constructed on river Marusadar, a tributary of Chenab in district Kishtwar and it will comprise 4 units of 250 MWs each and the height of the dam is 167 metre high.
The Kiru project is the run of the river scheme and will also come on Chenab river in village Kiru of Kishtawar district while the Kwar project envisages construction of an underground power house with 4 units of 135 MW each on Chenab river.
The Mumbai based Patel Engineering had bagged the Pakal Dul project at over Rs 9,000 crores, but the project cost is expected to shoot up as the CVVPL clears the allotment.
As per the agreement earlier, Patel Engineering, a civil construction company was to focus on the hydropower sector by designing the project, constructing the dam and a 20 km tunnel and also take care of other civil works.
Limak will have helped in construction of the rock-fill dam and BHEL was to design, manufacture and commission the four turbine generator units of 250MW each.
General Manager, CVVPL, Naseer Ahmad Dhar, said the projects have taken time as number of clearances including the environmental sanction is awaited.
He, however, said pre-qualification bid has been issued for the Kiru project.
