BHEL small industries body plans to put up 14-MW mini-thermal station at Pudukudi

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Small Industries Association plans to put up a 14-MW mini-thermal power station at Pudukudi, about 40 km from here, to facilitate uninterrupted supply to its units.

The station would help the 300 units of the association, involved in supplying components and doing fabrication works for Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Tiruchi complex, to get uninterrupted power supply and prevent “job works” going to other states, BHELSIA President Mr Rajappa Rajkumar told PTI. The association has 480 units in the Pudukottai, Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur districts.

“Tiruchi is the hub for fabrication work in the country and we don’t want the district to lose its standing,” he said.

He said the association was concerned about the fabrication works being given by BHEL to the units in Karnataka or Bihar to maintain the schedule of installing thermal power stations there.

The quantum of fabrication work came down from 2.32 lakh tonnes in 2009-10 to 2.15 lakh tonnes in 2010-11, he said.

The association members had committed to do fabrication work to the quantum of three lakh tonnes this year for BHEL, which had got fat orders, he said.

BHELSIA members required 7 MW of power per day for their units. “We have identified 250 acres to put up a 14-MW unit at Pudukudi.”

He urged the state government to allow the sale of power generated in captive units to third parties like in other states.

According to Mr Rajkumar, BHEL has agreed to give technical support for running the power plant, which would be imported from Korea or China. If approval is given, the plant would give employment to 100 persons in the state, he claimed.

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