Capital seen powerless to meet Games' demand
The countdown to the Commonwealth games has begun with less than 1,000 days to go but there is insufficient capacity to provide power to Delhi during the mega event.
By Sumantra Das & Piyush Pandey, ET Bureau |
MUMBAI: The countdown to the Commonwealth games has begun with less than 1,000 days to go but there is insufficient capacity to provide power to Delhi during the mega event. Last month, a high-level monitoring committee under chairmanship of power secretary Anil Razdan met in Delhi to discuss the implementation of new power projects for the commonwealth games in 2010.
In a bid to meet the energy requirements for commonwealth games 2010, New Delhi needs its power production to increase from the current capacity of 4,500 MW to over 7,000 MW. This power is expected to be supplied by three plants being built by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and two power plants by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The committee found that of the five plants, power purchase agreements (PPAs) were not yet signed for DVC���s Bawana power project while fuel linkage has not been secured for the Bamnoli plant.
The power secretary expressed his apprehensions about the timely commissioning of the Bamnoli project and asked the Delhi state government to look into the matter. The Delhi government is in talks with the petroleum ministry and Gail India to secure gas to fuel the plant. The re-tendering of the demineralisation (DM) plant for the NTPC���s Dadri power project has further delayed the project. Power secretary asked NTPC to explain the reasons behind re-tendering of DM plant and also suggested that a JV between NTPC and BHEL should also play a major role in this project. ���As far as the Commonwealth games are concerned, such delays should not happen in future because time is the essence in these projects,��� said power secretary Anil Razdan.
Similarly, in case of the Jhajjar power project of 1,500 MW, the progress found very poor. No major activity has taken place. The issue of underground pipeline for supply of raw water was discussed. The Haryana government said it would take up the matter with the revenue department so that the right of way is made available by bringing out an ordinance.
The DVC projects in Mejia, Koderma and Durgapur, each of 1,000 MW shows very slow development. The Mejia project of DVC stated that the construction of the tower, chimney and power house are running behind schedule by nearly four months. In the Koderma project, the issue related to land acquisition is a major difficulty for the project.
The representative of BHEL said out of 1900 acres, only 900 acres are available. Similarly, in the Durgapur project, the pre monsoon massive digging converted the project area into a pool where it���s difficult to start work at present.
In a bid to meet the energy requirements for commonwealth games 2010, New Delhi needs its power production to increase from the current capacity of 4,500 MW to over 7,000 MW. This power is expected to be supplied by three plants being built by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and two power plants by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The committee found that of the five plants, power purchase agreements (PPAs) were not yet signed for DVC���s Bawana power project while fuel linkage has not been secured for the Bamnoli plant.
The power secretary expressed his apprehensions about the timely commissioning of the Bamnoli project and asked the Delhi state government to look into the matter. The Delhi government is in talks with the petroleum ministry and Gail India to secure gas to fuel the plant. The re-tendering of the demineralisation (DM) plant for the NTPC���s Dadri power project has further delayed the project. Power secretary asked NTPC to explain the reasons behind re-tendering of DM plant and also suggested that a JV between NTPC and BHEL should also play a major role in this project. ���As far as the Commonwealth games are concerned, such delays should not happen in future because time is the essence in these projects,��� said power secretary Anil Razdan.
Similarly, in case of the Jhajjar power project of 1,500 MW, the progress found very poor. No major activity has taken place. The issue of underground pipeline for supply of raw water was discussed. The Haryana government said it would take up the matter with the revenue department so that the right of way is made available by bringing out an ordinance.
The DVC projects in Mejia, Koderma and Durgapur, each of 1,000 MW shows very slow development. The Mejia project of DVC stated that the construction of the tower, chimney and power house are running behind schedule by nearly four months. In the Koderma project, the issue related to land acquisition is a major difficulty for the project.
The representative of BHEL said out of 1900 acres, only 900 acres are available. Similarly, in the Durgapur project, the pre monsoon massive digging converted the project area into a pool where it���s difficult to start work at present.
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