National award to NHPC for meritorious performance

Excelsior Correspondent

DP Bhargava, Director (Technical), NHPC and SK Sandhu, Chief Engineer (I/c), Nimoo Bazgo Power Station, NHPC receiving the 'Gold Shield' from Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power at New Delhi.
DP Bhargava, Director (Technical), NHPC and SK Sandhu, Chief Engineer (I/c), Nimoo Bazgo Power Station, NHPC receiving the ‘Gold Shield’ from Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power at New Delhi.

JAMMU, June 3: NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company has been awarded ‘Gold Shield’ for the year 2013-14 in the category of ‘Early Completion of Hydro Power Projects’ for Unit -3 (15 MW) of its Nimoo Bazgo Hydro Electric Project, Jammu & Kashmir, at a function held today in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
DP Bhargava, Director (Technical), NHPC and SK Sandhu, Chief Engineer (I/c), Nimoo Bazgo Power Station, NHPC received the ‘Gold Shield’ on behalf of NHPC from Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy in the presence of PK Pujari, Secretary (Power), Government of India and other senior officers from Ministry of Power and CEA.
The award was given as a part of the Comprehensive Award Scheme for recognizing meritorious performance in Power Sector instituted by Ministry of Power with effect from 2004-05 on the basis of evaluation carried out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA).