Bharat Heavy Electricals secured a contract worth Rs.2,175 crore from Tamil Nadu Electricity Board for setting up a 600 MW North Chennai coal based power project in Tamil Nadu on EPC basis.

Significantly, this is the second order secured by BHEL for the new rating unit of 600 MW designed to sub critical parameters. TNEB has earlier placed a similar EPC contract on BHEL for setting up a 600 MW thermal power generating unit at the same power station.

For the contract, the boiler and its auxiliaries will be manufactured by BHEL at its Tiruchirapalli and Ranipet works in Tamil Nadu, while the steam turbine and generator will be manufactured at the company's Haridwar plant. The pumps and heat exchangers will be manufactured at its Hyderabad plant and electricals at the Bhopal plant, while the state of the art controls and instrumentation system will be supplied by BHEL's Electronics Division, Bangalore.

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