(ET)
After few episodes of minor delay, 720 Megawatt Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan is likely to come alive by the end of February. India is a major stakeholder in the Rs 4000 crore worth green power project that is planned to supply mammoth amount of energy to India at a favorable price.
Against the initial project planning for completion in 2017, the project was set to get commissioned in the month of June 2018. Following few minor technical complicacies, the commissioning was shifted first to October 2018, then November and then January 2019.
But the January deadline also had to be abandoned. According to managing A. K. Misra, MD MHPA (Mangdecchu Hydroelectric Project Authority), more than 99% work is over. One of the main issues that caused the delay was a small crack in a floodgate that the authority did not want to ignore. “All the works are now likely to be over soon and all the four units of the project plant are expected to start producing with all its units by the end of February 2019,” said officials.
