No shutdown of power plant: DVC

The State-owned Damodar Valley Corporation today denied reports that it had taken a decision to permanently shut down any of its power plants.
Some reports suggested that the DVC authority had decided to shut down the Durgapur Thermal Power Station (DTPS) and the Bokaro Thermal Power Station (BTPS).
In a statement said: "DVC in order to meet challenges in an increasingly competitive environment continuously is fine-tuning strategies to enhance operational effectiveness. In this context, 'periodical' planned shutdowns of power plants keeping in view the demand for power, availability of coal, etc. Are routinely undertaken."
"It is hereby clarified that no decision has been taken by the DVC management to permanently shut down any DVC power plant," the company, which came into being in 1948 modelled after the Tennesse Valley Authority in the US, said.

The 140 MW unit of the DTPS was set up in December, 1966 and the second unit of 210 MW was set up in September, 1982. It employs some 900 people at the Durgapur units.
The DVC currently has an installed capacity of 6357.2 MW.