Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 12: A K Bhalla, Secretary (Power), Ministry of Power, Govt of India, visited the Kishanganga Hydro Electric Project in Bandipora district.
He visited various components of the project and was briefed about the progress of the work by Balraj Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC and Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects).
On this occasion, Arvind Bhat, Executive Director (Design-E&M), A K Singh, Executive Director (Kishan-ganga), Amresh Kumar, General Manager (Kishan-ganga) and other senior officers of NHPC, BHEL and HCC were also present. Sajad Hussain Ganie, Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora and Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, SSP, Bandipora were also present on the occasion.
Secretary (Power) commended the NHPC team for its hard work & dedication in constructing the project in such a difficult condition and hoped that the project will start commercial operation soon.