BHEL up on commissioning 600MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh

Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) were up over 2% at Rs 240 after the company said it has commissioned the second unit of the 600MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh.

The second unit was commissioned at Dainik Bhaskar Power Ltd's upcoming 2x600MW thermal power project located at Dhabra in Jangir Champa District of Chhattisgarh, the company said in a release today.

The state-owned engineering major's cumulative installed capacity at 11,400MW accounting for 68% share of the total installed capacity in Chhattisgarh, the release added.

The stock opened at Rs 235 and touched a high of Rs 241. At 12:15PM, over 1.6 million shares were traded on both the stock exchanges.