BHEL to set up 2 manufacturing units, invest over Rs 500 cr

NEW DELHI: State-owned BHEL would invest over Rs 500 crore in setting up two power equipment manufacturing plants at Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu and Jagdishpur, Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.

BHEL is in the process of setting up new manufacturing plants at Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu for which it would invest Rs 293 crore and another at Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh at an investment of Rs 230 crore, Arun Yadav, Minister of State for the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public enterprises said.

These new manufacturing plants are planned to be set up by March 2012.

The company's manufacturing facilities include Bhopal, Haridwar, Hyderabad and Trichy.

BHEL manufactures power equipment that can generate 10,000 MW of electricity.