Parvati project deviates from target for the ninth time
Sainj. Diwali, the biggest festival of Sanatan, has come at a time when NHPC is hopeful of a bright future in the hydro sector in Parvati Project Phase 2 along with the light of prosperity. Even though NHPC has missed the target of construction of Parvati Project nine times, now NHPC is on the front foot with the construction of Asia’s longest tunnel.
Therefore, being an electricity state, a new tourism can also be started in the state through power projects. As far as Parvati Project Phase 2 is concerned, the said project has deviated from its construction target nine times. In December 1999, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee laid its foundation stone in Sainj. The construction work of the project started in 2001.
The Central Government signed a contract with NHPC for the construction work of Parvati Project and along with the construction work, NHPC set the initial target of production of Parvati Project for 2007. But the construction work was not completed and the new target was set for 2009. The construction work got halted due to the collapse of a hill on the power house of the project in Siund village. The new target was set for the year 2010, but due to obstruction in the construction work, the new target was set for the year 2014. The TBM machine stuck in the head race tunnel shifted the target to the year 2018.
The target was missed again due to leakage in the Shilagarh hills. The Central Government gave a new target of 2020 for the construction work to NHPC but still the work was not completed. But due to natural obstacles in the construction work, the responsibility of completing the target was taken up in 2022.
