Question : INVESTMENT MADE BY NHPC



(a)the total investment made by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) during the Ninth Five Year Plan in its various power projects, project-wise;

(b)whether the NHPC propose to make massive investment during the Tenth Five Year Plan; and

(c)if so, the targets set and projects proposed to be launched by NHPC in the Tenth Plan?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI P.M. SAYEED)

(a):Details of the investment made by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) during the Ninth Five Year Plan, viz. 1997-98 to 2001-02, are given in the Annexure.

(b):Yes, Sir.

(c):The Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-03 to 2006-07) capacity addition target set for NHPC, including Joint Venture, is 4357 MW. Project-wise details are given below:



SL.NO. NAME OF THE PROJECT INSTALLED STATE CAPACITY (MW)

1 Chamera-II # 300 Himachal Pradesh 2 Dulhasti 390 Jammu & Kashmir 3 Dhauliganga-I 280 Uttaranchal 4 TEESTA-V 510 Sikkim 5 SEWA-II 120 Jammu & Kashmir 6 TEESTA LOW DAM ST-III 132 West Bengal 7 TEESTA LOW DAM ST-IV 168 West Bengal 8 BAV-II 37 Maharashtra 9 INDIRA SAGAR 1000 Madhya Pradesh (JV) 10 PURULIA PUMPED STORAGE 900 West Bengal (JV) 11 OMKARESHWAR 520 Madhya Pradesh (JV)

Total 4357

# = Commissioned ahead of schedule