Goyal asks BBMB, NHPC to raise capacity to 'highest level'

Taking stock of operations of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) and NHPC, Union Minister Piyush Goyal today called upon their managements to increase their efficiency and raise capacity to the highest level.
The Minister for Power and Coal also appealed to the state governments of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh "to forget and sink their differences for the overall development of the people of the region", according to an official release here.
Goyal said that a joint meeting of Chief Ministers of all these four states will be held here shortly to sort out the long pending issues.
He also directed BBMB Chairman to submit an action plan to him within a month for strengthening the public warning system to avoid accidents by immediate release of water from the dams.

"It will be adopted for every hydro plant in the country in a time-bound manner," the Union Minister said.
Goyal also directed BBMB to make an inventory of all its assets, including unused vacant land within six months.
A total of 17 government-to-government cases regarding water sharing and related issues are pending in different courts, the release further said.
BBMB Chairman S K Sharma, National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) Chairman cum Managing Director K M Singh, were among the officials present at the review meeting, which was also attended by officials from the Ministries of Power and Water Resources, apart from officials from the four state governments.