Published on August 2, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated two projects of PSU BHEL in Thirumayam at Puthukottai district .
Dr. Singh dedicated BHEL’s Rs 1,000 crore High Pressure Boiler Plant Unit-II, a greenfield initiative, and the Rs 300 crore power plant piping unit.
Both will provide employment to about 8,000 people.
BHEL has invested Rs 350 crore for the power piping plant, Rs 100 crore for civil works and Rs 250 crore for machinery.
Union Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel, Union Finance Minister P Chidabaram and Tamil Nadu Industries Minister Thankamani are attending the function.
The foundation stone for the BHEL plant was laid by P Chidambaram in 2009.
Trial production in the plant had started last year.
Need to develop ways to reduce carbon footprint: PM
Observing that climate change has become an urgent concern across the globe, Prime Minister Manmohan singh today said ways and means should be developed to reduce India’s carbon footprint as it would be among the nations to be “most seriously” impacted.
“We need to develop ways and means to reduce our carbon foot-print through technological innovation. In our country, more than 50 per cent of power comes from coal-based generation, which is a major emitter of greenhouse gases,” he said.
Dedicating to the nation public sector BHEL’s Power Plant Piping Unit & Unit-II High Pressure Boiler Plant in this town near Tiruchirappalli, Singh expressed happiness over BHEL’s initiatives for development of ultra super critical technology in line “with our mission for development of clean coal technologies.”
He said the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar mission seeks to develop 20,000 mw of power generating capacity by the end of 13th five Year plan, adding its success has the potential of enhancing India’s energy security, and “contributing handsomely to our efforts to combat climate change.”
“I sincerely hope that BHEL, which is bestowed with engineering expertise, manufacturing prowess and a commendable human resource base, will not only take the lead in solar energy in terms of power generation but also in the development of solar power technology in India”.
“This is a difficult commercial decision, but well worth taking in the long term interest of our country,” he said