Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has bagged two contracts worth Rs 842 crore for setting up two thermal power projects in Rajasthan.The contracts, placed by Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan (RVUNL), are for setting up a 250 MW unit at Suratgarh Thermal Power Station and a 195 MW unit at Kota Thermal Power Station, a BHEL release said.The units, which are expected to ease the power crisis in the state, are to be commissioned in FY09, it said. BHEL has so far commissioned over 2,400 MW of power-generating sets in Rajasthan, which include both coal and gas-based units.The company is presently executing two units of 125 MW each at lignite-based power project at Giral, a 330 MW project at Dholpur and two 250 MW units at Chhabra in the state.BHEL's scope of work in the present projects includes design, manufacture, testing, erection and commissioning of main plant along with associated auxilliaries.The main equipment for these projects would be supplied by BHEL's manufacturing units at Haridwar, Trichy and Bangalore, the release said.
