Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Feb 13: Nimmo Bazgo Power Station, the only source of electricity in Leh, successfully organized medical camp in the dry chill of about -15 degree in Leh’s Temisgam village.
The camp was organized under Corporate Social Responsibility in collaboration with the District Health Department. The odd climatic conditions were neutralised by the passion of service in the staff of the power station and the medical camp was successfully organized.
The Head of the Power Station, S Adhikari inaugurated the medical camp in the presence of Dr Prashant Chaudhary of NHPC, Dr Wangchuk (Ophthalmologist), Dr Stanzin Angmo (Gynecologist) and Dr Motup Angmon (Ophthalmologist) from the District Health Department. Around 200 residents took advantage of the medical camp.
Nimmo Bazgo Power Station is a unit of NHPC Ltd, a Government of India undertaking with power generation capacity of 45 megawatt. This power station is in one of the coldest inhabited areas in the world and providing electricity to Leh for 24 hours.