The 456 megawatt capacity Upper Tamakosi Hydropower Station, built with indigenous investment, has stopped power generation for 36 hours.
Since it is a semi-reservoir based power plant, power generation has been stopped to clean the structure for full capacity power generation during high demand. October floods After the damage to the power plant, electricity was being produced on the basis of river water from December 10.
After the cleaning of the structure, the preparation for the production of 456 megawatts of electricity at full capacity for 4 hours during the peak hour has been started, said Purnagopal Ranjit, the manager of the Upper Tamakosi Hydropower Station. Currently, the hydroelectric power station, which has been put into operation after the repair of the sand pond on the left side, which was damaged by the flood, will be on the right side He said that preparations have been started to bring the pond for sand removal into operation.
'Scaffolding work is being done as the damaged concrete wall between the two ponds for sanding is continuing,' he said, 'the consultant will put concrete on the wall As the people told us not to open the scaffolding for 21 days, we have stopped power generation to clean the scaffolding and other pieces of iron left over from the work. He said that power generation will start from 7 pm on Sunday.
