New Thermal Unit at Parichha

Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd is setting up a thermal power plant in the State. It has recently awarded a contract to BHEL for setting up 2 x 250 MW MW power plant, (units 5 and 6) at Parichha Thermal Power Station (TPS) Extension in UP. The project is expected to be commissioned by 2009-10, The scope of work includes manufacture, supply, test and commission the main plant package along with associated auxiliaries and civil works. The equipment for the project would be supplied by BHEL's plants at Haridwar, Tiruchy, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Bhopal and Jhansi, it said. The company is already executing a contract for setting up two units of 210 MW capacity each (units 3 and 4) at Parichha TPS Extension, of which has already been commissioned.