Other Projects

World’s fifth and Asia’s largest hydro-electric project has been constructed on river Bhagirithi, a tributary of Ganga in Tehri district of Uttaranchal. The height of the earth and rockfill dam is 260.5 m, making it the highest dam in the country. The project now produces 1000 MW electricity.

SANKHYA VAHINI PROJECT
Sankhya Vahini (Sanskrit for data carrier) project will link 100 universities, financial and corporate hubs, schools, hospitals etc to become India’s highspeed Internet backbone.

KORBA SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION
It is the largest thermal power station of India. The plant is located on the west bank of the Hardeo river near Korba in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh. The capacity is 2,100 MW. The plant has been set up by NTPC.

ROHTANG TUNNEL PROJECT
The foundation stone of the Rs 1,500 crore project under the 13,000 ft high Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh was laid by then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee on May 26, 2002. Once completed, the tunnel will open up an alternative round-the-year road to Leh. The 9-km long tunnel would not only be the longest tunnel in the world, but also the highest.

TALCHER UREA PLANT (ORISSA)
It is the world’s second largest coal-based fertiliser plant under construction in Talcher. The plant will produce 900 tonnes of ammonia daily which will be converted into 1,500 tonnes of urea. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has set up a 62-tonne heavy water plant within the plant complex.

TALCHER PWER PLANT
The Talcher Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) is the first of its kind in Orissa. Although the Talcher STPP is the 10th unit of NTPC, it is the most prestigious and modern power plant, with unique design and technological features— some of which have been introduced for the first time in India.

IB-VALLEY PROJECT
The 210 MW thermal power project is located at Banharpalli in Orissa.

INDIA’S LONGEST OIL JETTY
The potential for building marine structures has been acquired by India with the construction of the longest oil jetty in the country at Butcher Island, about 10 km east of Mumbai docks. The National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC), has built the 1.4 km long jetty, capable of handling supertankers of 150,000 dwt, for the Mumbai Port Trust.

ORE SORTER PLANT AT KHETRI
 India’s first ore sorter plant has been commissioned at the Khetri Copper Complex in Rajasthan, ushering in the computerised ore sorting technology in the country. First of its kind in the world to treat copper ore, the plant is regarded as a major breakthrough in mineral beneficiation.

FIRST INDIAN GOLD REFINERY
It has been set up at Shirpur (near Nashik) by Autoriders Industries. India now has its own hallmarked Ten Tola (TT) bars.

FIRST WINDFARM OF INDIA
India has made a breakthrough in alternative energy sources by successfully installing Asia’s first commercial windfarm on the Southern Coast of Kutch in Gujarat. Set up at a cost of Rs 1.65 crore, it consists of 21 wind turbine generators which generate 1.1 MW power. This power is fed to the Gujarat Electricity Board’s State grid.

PARAM, THE INDIAN SUPERCOMPUTER
India’s first indigenous supercomputer, the Param, was unveiled to the world in September 1991. The supercomputer was developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). A new Param-1000 computer was unveiled on March 28, 1998. This 100 Giga flops supercomputer is the most powerful computer, not only in India but in the entire developing world.

HBJ PIPELINE PROJECT
This pipeline is 1,750 km long and is supplying gas to six gas based fertilizer plants being constructed in Hazira (Gujarat), Bijaipur (M.P.), Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), and Jagdishpur, Shahjahanpur and Babria in U.P.

TELUGU GANGA PROJECT
Inaugurated in May 1983 this project will consist of 400 km long canal named ‘Telugu Ganga’ which will start from the Sri Sailam reservoir on Krishna river in Kurnool district. The canal will join four more reservoirs on way before joining the Poondi reservoir in Tamil Nadu. The Poondi reservoir is to meet the drinking water needs of Madras. The project is to provide irrigation water specifically to Rayalaseema district in Andhra Pradesh. This area is not assured of rainfall even during monsoon season.

110 CRORE PROJECT TO MINE RADIOACTIVE SANDS
Sprawling over 30 kms of Orissa’s foreshore territory between Gopalpur and Ganjam, a project is coming up to mine ore of the world’s biggest known deposits of radioactive sands.

KANDLA PORT TO HAVE TIDAL POWER PLANT
The port town of Kandla in the Gulf of Kutch will have the world’s largest and India’s first tidal power plant of 600 KW capacity. The project will cost Rs 531.22 lakh.

PROJECT ELEPHANT
This is a multi-crore rupee country-wide programme for protection and conservation of the elephants.

MST RADAR PROJECT
Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere (MST) Radar, second of its kind in the world (the first being in Peru) has been built at Mittagadanki village near Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh). The radar is capable of probing different regions of the atmosphere.

FIRST POWER FROM VEGETABLE WASTES
India’s first power plant to generate power exclusively from vegetable waste is located in Chennai.

POWER GRID
The National Power Grid became a reality with the successful operation of the BHEL-developed High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link between Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The link connects the Western Grid with the Southern Grid.

RASHTRIYA RAIL VIKAS YOJANA
The Rs 15,000 crore project will strengthen the rail Golden Quadrilateral network between four metros.