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Testing System for DEMU & Oil Rig Alternator opened at BHEL Bhopal
Bhopal, March 17 (Pervez Bari): In a simple function at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, (BHEL), Bhopal, M. C. Pant, Executive Director, RDSO, inaugurated the newly developed Testing System for Diesel Electric Multiple Unit, (DEMU), and Oil Rig Alternator here the other day.
The new test facility with 100 kW shunt wound DC drive motor, is installed in TAM Test area in Block-2, Bay-2. With this new facility, a major bottle-neck of testing of DEMU and Oil Rig Alternators have been overcome, culminating in increased productivity and eliminating unnecessary transportation of assembled machines to CET where the machine had to wait for considerable time for test bed availability.
Care has been taken to install this facility with entirely in-house equipments except a small 100kW motor. It was also ensured that working of other test beds in the TAM test area was not disturbed while installing this facility.
FNX, TAM and EMX divisions have jointly conceptualized, designed and commissioned this system.
Sukul Lomash, General Manager (TPTN & CET), R Krishnan, General Manager (EM), Prabhat Kumar, General Manager (P&D), JV D’Souza, Addl. General Manager (TAM), Vishwas Bhave, Addl. General Manager (FNX), senior executives and employees were present on this occasion.
Meanwhile, under its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, BHEL Village Development Committee distributed uniforms to about 1100 students in the adopted villages namely Kanhasaiyan, Khajuri, Adampur, Kolua and Padariya .
Mrs. Prabha Singh, president, BHEL Ladies Club, MC Prasad, General Manager (HR), UK Singhal, Addl. General manager (TAD), Avinash Chandra, Sr. Manager (TAD), members and office-bearers of BHEL Ladies Club, members of Village Development Committee, teachers of various schools and students in large numbers were present on this occasion.
Inaugurating the Uniform distribution programme, Mrs. Singh highlighted the efforts made by BHEL Management and BHEL Ladies Club in the field of social welfare. She said that we must try to help the weaker sections of the society so that they could come at par with others. She further stressed on the need to help the students in rural areas through counseling and educational assistance. All present in the programme lauded the efforts of BHEL management and BHEL Ladies Club. (pervezbari@eth.net)

12 km long tunnel to be built under Bargi Project at Rs. 799 cr. cost
Bhopal, March 17 (Pervez Bari): A 12 kilometre long tunnel of 10 metre diametre would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 799 crore for carrying Narmada water to the basin of Son river under Bargi diversion project.
This decision was taken at a meeting at Vidhan Sabha chamber which was chaired by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today. Those present at the meeting included Industry Minister Jayant Malaiya, Water Resources Minister Anup Mishra, Narmada Valley Development Minister Nagendra Singh, Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, Revenue Minister Kamal Patel, Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni, Narmada Valley Development Authority vice-chairman Pradeep Bhargava and other officers.
This tunnel would be constructed between 104th km and 129th km in Sleemanabad Carrier Canal. After construction of the tunnel, the right bank canal of the project would be ultimately turn into Satna branch canal and Rewa canal. Bargi diversion project would bring under irrigation about 81,823 hectare area in Jabalpur and Katni districts, one 1.59655 lakh hectare area in Satna district and 3,532 hectare area in Rewa district, the total of which would be 2.45010 lakh hectare area.
Approval of Planning Commission, Union Environment Ministry and Central Water Commission has been received for construction of this tunnel.
Approval was also given at today's meeting of Narmada Control Board to construction of 25 km long canal from 129th km to 154th km of right bank canal of Bargi diversion project. This would cost Rs. 138 crore.
The Board also gave revised administrative sanction to survey-research of various projects including Upper Budhner in Dindori district, Atariya in Jabalpur district, Sher, Shakkar and Machhrewa in Narsinghpur district and Dudhi in Hoshangabad district. (pervezbari@eth.net)