The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the annulment of the bid process of 93 MW New Ganderbal HEP and initiation of the procurement process of the project afresh by JKSPDC.
The 93 MW New Ganderbal Hydro Electric Project was conceivedas a run-of-the river scheme on Sindh nallah, a tributary of river Jhelum. Allthe requisite clearances for the project have been obtained and compliances forclearance of the project by Indus Commission (Gol), made. The CentralElectricity Authority (CEA) has accorded Techno Economic Clearance (TEC) to theproject at an estimated cost of Rs 965.87 Crore including IDC and FC of Rs.175.146 Cr. The appraisal was valid for a period of three years. The CEA hasbeen approached for revalidation of the appraisal.
Earlier, a two stage bidding process was adopted for theselection of the EPC contractor for construction of the project in which HCCemerged as the successful bidder with a negotiated cost of Rs. 819.18 Crore.However, for a variety of reasons M/S HCC failed to implement the project.
As the LOI to M/s HCC was issued in pursuant to a CabinetDecision, the proposal was placed before the SAC, which accorded approval toannulment of Bid Process and initiation of procurement process of the 93 MW NewGanderbal Hydro Electric Project afresh by JKSPDC in Engineering, Procurementand Construction (EPC) mode. The decision was taken in view of the resolutionpassed by the Board of Directors of JKSPDC in a recent meeting, a governmentspokesman said.
Rs 173 Cr APPROVED UNDER R-APDRP:
The State Administrative Council accorded sanction to theaward of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and DistributionManagement System (DMS) under R-APDRP Scheme for Jammu and Srinagar cities toM/s G.E T&D India Limited at a cost of Rs.173 crore.
The establishment of SCADA/DMS is a major step towardsrealizing the vision of 24×7 Power Supply to all consumers in the twin cities.SCADA will enable setting up of reliable and “no manual touch”systems for system control / data collection and adoption of InformationTechnology in the area of energy accounting. It will reduce Aggregate Technicaland Commercial (AT&C) losses and enable real time monitoring & controlof Electric Distribution network, handling of loads while load shedding &restoration, plugging of pilferage points, supply of quality power, fasteridentification of faults & early restoration of power supply, propermetering, strategic placement of capacitor banks & switches and in properplanning and design of distribution network.
The SCADA project was sanctioned under R-APDRP by the UnionMinistry of Power/Power Finance Corporation in the year 2011. Theimplementation of the project got delayed in view of poor response to thebidding process. With this step, implementation will speed up the vision of24×7 power supply, the government spokesman said.