UT signs agreement with NHPC for 3 MW

Chandigarh, May 22 (UNI) The Chandigarh Administration today signed a power purchase agreement with the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) for the supply of three Mega Watt power to Chandigarh from its Dulhasti Hydro Electric Project in Jammu and Kashmir.

A press release issued here today stated that the power supply from this project would be available to the city by December this year.

Chandigarh Finance-cum-Engineering Secretary SK Sandhu and NHPC Chief Engineer(Commercial) VK Jain signed the agreement on behalf of Chandigarh Administration and NHPC, New Delhi respectively.

It is worth mentioning here that Chandigarh has no power generation of its own, therefore, to meet the requirement of power, the UT purchases power from BBMB, NTPC, NHPC and NPC.

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