Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has secured a Rs.241 crore order for setting up the electro-mechanical component of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation's 600 MW Kameng hydropower project. The order is to be executed within 54 months.

BHEL's scope of work includes design, manufacturing, supply, installation and commissioning of the electro-mechanical works for the project located at the confluence of rivers Bichom and Kameng.

BHEL's electronics division will supply controls for the project while the Bhopal plant will manufacture turbines, generators and main inlet valves. The Power Sector (Eastern Region) will erect and commission the project.

According to BHEL, it has maintained a 100 per share in NEEPCO's installed capacity of 780 MW through 14 hydro generating sets.

BHEL has so far supplied more than 385 generating sets with a cumulative capacity of 16,275 MW to various utilities in India and abroad. Its global share is 35 hydro sets worth 1,409 MW to various countries like Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand, Azerbaijan and Bhutan.

(The civil construction contract for the Kameng project was bagged by Patel Engineering.)