Normal production had been restored in the Korba station of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) after nearly a month.
The production in Korba station that produces power at the cheapest rate among all NTPC power plants was severely hit after heavy rains lashed the region on September 9. The ash-dyke of the plant was badly damaged that forced the authorities to immediately shut down two units of 500-Mw each.
The Korba power station of the NTPC has a total installed capacity of 2600 Mw. Besides four units of 500-Mw each, the station has three units of 200-Mw each.
While a few units were shut down to prevent ash flowing into the dyke, other units developed technical snags. For the first time in the history of NTPC Korba, six of the total seven units in the project were closed.
The seventh unit of 500-Mw restored production today and the station was now producing 2100-Mw power,” NTPC Korba spokesperson Ashutosh Nayak said. One unit of 500-Mw was on an annual maintenance and it would start production from October 18, he added.
The state-run power company in Chhattisgarh had also restored production in most of its units. “There is no power crises situation in the state now and most of the units have started production from midnight,” Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company (CSPDC) Subodh Kumar Singh said.
Power supply to the industries was also resumed from midnight, Singh said, adding that the steel plants, sponge iron and small units were now being provided uninterrupted power. In a day or two, all the units would resume production that would end the prevailing power crises in Chhattisgarh.
