October 11, 2008

BHEL geared to meet demand of PSU power firms

Mr Raghunath Jha union minister of state for heavy industries & public enterprises said that Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has been able to meet demands of state run power companies although there were delays in execution of some projects due to dependency for inputs from multiple agencies.

Mr Jha said that "Another reason is shortage of special imported types of raw materials which are not manufactured indigenously and for which there is shortage worldwide due to heavy capacity booking by Chinese companies."

Mr Jha further added that with a view to meeting the growing demand of power equipment and the emerging power capacity requirements in the country, BHEL is taking steps to enhance its power generation equipment manufacturing capacity from 10,000 MW to 15,000 MW per annum by December 2009.