A TGGENCO employee, Raju, died by suicide inside the power station in Thurkalamaddikunta, Peddapalli, on Wednesday. Police registered a case and began an investigation. The body was shifted to the local hospital for postmortem. The reason is still unclear.
JAC convenor Ratnakar Rao said the protest was organised on the call of the National Co-ordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE)
Once fully operational, the ultra-mega power project will have a total capacity of 4,000 MW across five units and is expected to play a pivotal role in strengthening Telangana’s energy infrastructure.
Sultania directed the Chairman and Managing director of TGGENCO, TRANSCO , SPDCL and NPDCL to take measures to ensure that there was no shortage of power during the ensuing summer.
The Association during its general body meeting on Sunday, strongly opposed the joint venture and urged the government to hand over construction of the plant exclusively to GENCO.
To supply sufficient coals to thermal plants, the SCCL needs to produce at least 2.20 lakh tonnes per day. However, currently it was able to produce just 1.10 lakh tonnes, creating problems for the plants.
As part of the plan, Dy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka visited the plant along with Ministers D Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar and examined different units
The Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TGGenco) has taken up hydro power generation at the 6X39 MW power plant at Priyadarshini Jurala project by switching on one unit on Wednesday.
The Genco expert team concluded that the fire that broke out at Bhadradri Thermal Power Station’s (BTPS) first unit generator transformer was not caused by lightning strike, but due to internal issues.
The Deputy Chief Minister said the government did not mind handing over the construction work to Genco, but they should be in the position to take up the project on their own.
