BHEL secured a Rs 1,000 crore contract from Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority for the electro-mechanical equipment package for a 1,200 MW (6x200 MW) hydroelectric project in Bhutan.

The order envisages manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the electro-mechanical equipment for the Punatsangchhu-I project. For this contract, the six Francis turbines and generators of 200 MW each and associated equipment will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's Bhopal facility while the control system is to be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's Electronic Division at Bangalore.

The project is being set up under a bilateral agreement between the Indian and the Bhutan Governments. Located around 80 km from Thimphu on the left bank of the Punathsangchu river, the project is an environment friendly run-of-the-river scheme.

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