HCC, India’s leading engineering & construction company, has bagged the INR 387.50 crore order for Lot 1 of the 114MW Dagacchu Hydro Power Project located near Dagana in Bhutan.

The project involves the construction of diversion weir, intake, connection channel and tunnel to desilter, desilter, flushing channel, headrace channel, headrace tunnels, surge shaft, pressure shaft, powerhouse and transformer caverns, control building and tailrace tunnel. The client is Dagacchu Hydro Power Corporation and the project will be completed in 1239 days.

Mr. Vinayak Deshpande president & COO of HCC said “We are happy to win this prestigious order for Dagacchu Hydro Power plant. This is the second order we have received in recent times after being awarded Package MC3 of 1200MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project. HCC has recently built the Tala Hydroelectric Power project which is the largest hydroelectric project in Bhutan. With this order we further strengthen our ties with people of Bhutan.”

HCC has successfully constructed over 25% of India’s hydel power generation capacity, including several challenging projects in the Himalayan region. HCC has constructed the Head Race Tunnel & Surge Shaft for India’s largest commissioned Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Electric Project (1500MW), and the Underground Powerhouse & Tunnel for the Chamera Hydro Electric Power Project, Stage I. HCC is currently executing nine hydro-electric power projects, including four in Jammu & Kashmir, two in Himachal Pradesh and one each in Uttarakhand, Sikkim and West Bengal.