EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 14: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between NHPC Limited and Bihar State Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (BSHPC) for implementation of 130.1 MW Dagmara HE Project, Dist. Supaul, Bihar on 14th June 2021 through Video Conferencing.
The MOU was signed and exchanged by the signatories in the presence of R.K Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Power and New & Renewable Energy and Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Energy Minister, Govt. of Bihar.
The MOU was signed by Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects), NHPC on behalf of NHPC, whereas Alok Kumar, Managing Director, BSHPC signed the document on behalf of Govt. of Bihar.
Alok Kumar, Secretary (Power), Govt. of India, Ashish Upadhyaya, Additional Secretary, S.K.G. Rahate, Additional Secretary, Vivek Kumar Dewangan, Additional Secretary and Tanmay Kumar, Joint Secretary (Hydro), from MOP, Govt. of India, Sanjeev Hans, Secretary (Energy), Govt. of Bihar, Pratyay Amrit, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Alok Kumar, Managing Director, BSHPC and A. K. Singh, CMD, NHPC, N.K. Jain, Director (Personnel), Y.K. Chaubey, Director (Technical), R.P. Goyal, Director (Finance), Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects) and A.K. Srivastava, CVO from NHPC were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, R.K. Singh, Union Minister, thanked NHPC for their speedy response and cooperation in taking up the project which reflects their keen spirit towards their aim of development of hydropower.
A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC said, “The Dagmara H.E. Project will be a landmark project in the power sector scenario of Bihar as far as green power is concerned.” He further added, “Apart from generating clean and green power, the execution will boost the socio-economic and infrastructure development in the area and shall also create employment opportunities.” |
