NTPC to float Rs 21,000-cr tender to source equipment

State-run power major NTPC would float a bulk tender worth Rs 21,000 crore for sourcing super-critical power equipment that can generate 7,260 mega watt electricity.     

"NTPC will float the tender in the next 10 days for sourcing super-critical equipment for its nine 660 Mw unit and two 660 Mw units of Damodar Valley  Corp," Power Secretary H S Brahma told reporters here.     

The government has already approved a bulk order for power equipment, envisaging an investment of Rs 40,000 crore, for the upcoming thermal power plants of NTPC and Damodar Valley Corp, a move that will help overcome power shortage in the country, which includes Rs 21,000 crore main plant equipment (boiler, turbine and generators).