State-run engineering firm BHEL has bagged a Rs 1,600 crore order from a joint-venture company of NTPC and SAIL to set up a coal-based thermal power project in Odisha.
"The 1x250 Mw coal-based thermal unit will be set up at Rourkela Power Project on engineering, procurement & construction basis," BHEL said in a press release.
According to the statement, the Rs 1,600 crore order for Stage-III of brownfield power project, located in Rourkela district of Odisha, has been placed on BHEL by NTPC-SAIL Power Company.
The key equipment for the contract will be manufactured at BHEL's Trichy, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Thirumayam and Bengaluru plants while the company's power sector division shall be responsible for civil works and erection cum commissioning of the equipment.
source: Business standard
