Telengana places Rs 20400 crore contract on BHEL

NEW DELHI: Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited ( TSGENCO) has placed Rs 20,400 crore order on BHEL.

The contract for Yadadri thermal power plant comprising five units of 800 MW supercritical sets, is not only the single-largest order for BHEL but also the highest value order ever placed in the power sector in India, an official statement said.

The project has been accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and would be compliant with the revised emission norms, it said.

To be set up on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis by BHEL, the project is located at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district of Telangana.