Business Plan of UJVN Limited for Control Period

7.14 Annexure 15: Note on Small Hydroelectric Projects

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SMALL HYDRO PROJECTS (SHP)

There are 10 SHPs under construction having installed capacity of 58.00 MW in district Rudraprayag, Pauri, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh. These projects are funded by ADB and NABARD. The list alongwith proposed fund requirement of these SHPs are enclosed as Annexure-A.

There are 12 SHPs under investigation and planning (I&P) stage having installed capacity of 122.6 MW. DPR of Suringad-II and Bhilangna-IIA have been prepared and tenders have been invited which may be awarded during 2012-13 and 2013-14. The DPR of rest of the 10 SHPs are expected to be completed by June 2013. The list alongwith proposed fund requirement of SHPs are enclosed as Annexure-B.

Apart from the above there are 32 SHPs, constructed in the time of erstwhile UPJVNL and handed over to Nigam Annexure-C. 22 no. of these SHPs are running and 10 under closed conditions. The total installed capacity of these SHPs is 24.55 MW. In compliance to orders of Government vide letter no. 80@fu-l-@Á-l&eq e-

@2012 fnukad 12.12.2012 (Annexure), the SHPs below 3 MW capacity are to be handed over to UREDA. The process of handing over of SHPs below 3 MW capacity has been initiated. The list of plant, machinery, residential and non-residential building, furniture, land etc. is under preparation.

KALIGANGA-I SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (4 MW)

Kaliganga-I Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 4000 KW with two (02) units of 2000 KW each. The project is being financed by ADB. The contract was awarded on 07.11.2007 and completion as per Contract was 6th Feb. 2010. This project has been commissioned on 18/19 July 2012 and now in operation. The reasons for delayed commissioning of the project were due to (i) Dispute in demarcation of Forest land, (ii) Design changes in the project took considerable time,(iii) Road Blockage due to cloud burst in rainy season affected progress of work at the project,(iv) Heavy monsoon and cloud bursting and washing away of T &P of contractor,(v)Difficulty being faced by the contractors in transporting material, machines and equipment to site due to damaged approach road near Kalimath Temple,(vi) Hindrance created by local villagers regarding their demands varying from time to time,(vii) Land issues with local natives for transmission towers in Rudraprayag District.

KALIGANGA-II SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (6 MW) Kaliganga-II Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 6000 KW with two (02) units of 3000 KW each. The project is being financed by ADB. For the project two contracts were awarded i) Civil & ii) E &M. Civil Contract was signed on 04.04.2008. The effective date of start was 2nd May 08. The duration of contract was kept for two years with the due date of completion as 1st May 2010. E &M Contract was signed on 16.06.2008 for Design, Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Testing of Electromechanical work of Kaliganga-II SHP. The effective date of start was 5th July 08. The duration of contract was kept for two years with the due date of completion as 04th July 10. The project could not be completed in time due to various reasons as mentioned below and now the commissioning of project is expected by Dec. 2013. The reasons for delay are mainly due to (i)Design was changed due to changes in gross head which took considerable time in finalization of the layout,(ii) The PWD Road to this project site was damaged due to frequent landslides. Due to this, difficulty was faced in supplying the material to site.(iii) Limited use of explosive due to tunnel location in the near vicinity of village.(iv) Increase in scope of work, change proposal.(v)Heavy monsoon and cloud bursting and washing away of T &P of contractor.(vi) Difficulty being faced by the contractors in transporting material, machines and equipment to site due to damaged approach road. (vii) Hindrance created by local villagers regarding their demands varying from time to time.

MADHYAMAHESHWAR SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (15 MW) Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 15 MW with three units of 5MW each. Previously the capacity was 10MW which was enhanced to 15MW. The project is being financed by ADB. For the project, Contract was signed on dated 07.11.2007. The effective date of start was 7th Feb. 2008. The duration of contract was kept as two years with the due date of completion as 6th Feb. 2010 for 10MW SHP. The capacity of the project was further enhanced to 15.00 MW and the modified contract agreement for 15 MW was signed on 11.03.2010 with modified completion period as 10.08.2011. Works on the project slowed down due to various reasons, some of these are (i) Hindrance created by local villagers regarding their demands varying from time to time, (ii) PWD Road to this project site was damaged due to frequent landslides. Due to this difficulty was faced in supplying the material to site.(iii) Design changes in the project took considerable time.(iv)Considerable increase in scope of work (from 10 MW to 15 MW).(v) Unusual heavy rains in 2010 & 2011 and cloud burst in in 2012. All out efforts are being made to commission the project in 2014-15 as per revised schedule, if there is no hindrance from any corner and uncertain geological condition in the tunnel or natural flood condition.

KALDIGAD SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (9 MW) Kaldigad Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 9 MW with two (02) units of 4.5 MW each. The project is being financed by ADB. For the project two contracts were awarded (i) Civil & ii) E &M. Civil Contract was signed on 24.12.2008 and the E&M contract was signed on 16.10.2008. The total duration of the contract was kept for two years as such the date of completion was 2.12.2010, but civil contract has been cancelled due to poor performance of the contractor and new tenders shall have to be invited. This project has damaged due to devastating flood caused by cloudburst in District Uttarkashi on 03.08.2012, now action on the project is being taken as per recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee constituted for suggesting remedial measures. Some additional land may also be required. The commissioning of project is expected by Aug. 2015, if there is no hindrance from any corner and uncertain geological condition in the tunnel and additional land is transferred at an early date.

SOBLA-I SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (8 MW) Sobla-I Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 8 MW with two (02) units of 4.0 MW. The Civil works are being funded by NABARD and E &M works are being funded by ADB. All out efforts are being made to commission the project upto June 2013 if there is no hindrance from any corner.

ASIGANGA-I SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (4.5 MW) Asiganga-I Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 4500 kW with two (02) units of 2250 kW. The project is being financed from NABARD, MNRE & GoU Equity. Tenders in different packages were invited for the SHP and the original date of completion was 2005-06, the project could not be completed upto the expected date of completion due to some change in civil structures. The revised date of commissioning was Nov. 2012, but there were heavy damages in civil structures due to devastating flood caused by cloudburst on 03.08.2012. A Technical Expert Committee was formed by MD UJVNL for study and suggesting remedial measures for small hydro power projects damaged due to flood caused by cloudburst in District Uttarkashi on 03.8.2012. Works on the project slowed down due to various reasons. Some of these are: (i) Allotment of land for compensatory afforestation in District Uttarkashi (ii) Due to introduction of tunnel in place of open power channel, previous tenders were cancelled and fresh tenders were invited, (iii) Land slide in Power Channel alignment.(iv) Need for construction of Tunnel in place of Power channel.(v) The agreements of some of the contractor were cancelled due to their non responsive nature, hence construction activity took considerable time.(vi) Public agitations resulted in disruption of work.(vii) Design changes in the project took considerable time. (viii) Local problems for their demand varying time to time mainly for permanent employment in UJVNL and also development work in project affected villages.(ix) Three accidents during channel excavation. All out efforts are being made to commission the project upto October 2014, if there is no hindrance from any corner

ASIGANGA-II SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (4.5 MW)

Asiganga-II Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 4500 kW with two (02) units of 2250 kW each. The project is being financed from NABARD, MNRE & GoU Equity. Tenders in different packages were invited for this SHP and the original date of completion was 2005-06 which was extended upto Oct. 2011 as per revised capacity. Works on the project slowed down due to various reasons. Some of these are: (i) Delay in allotment of land for compensatory afforestation in District Uttarkashi (ii) Due to introduction of tunnel in place of open power channel, the previous tenders were cancelled and fresh tenders were invited, (iii) The agreements of some of the contractor were cancelled due to their non responsive nature , hence construction activity took considerable time to start the works,(iv) The capacity of the project was enhanced from 3.0 MW to 4.5 MW , hence design parameters were changed, (v)Public agitations resulted in disruption of work, (vi) Design changes in the project took considerable time,(vii) Local problems for their demands varying time to time mainly for permanent employment in UJVNL and also development work in project affected villages caused delay,(viii) In view of accidents at adjacent project Asiganga-I , the construction activities were stopped during rains The project has damaged due to devastating flood caused by cloudburst in District Uttarkashi on 03.08.2012, now action on the project is being taken as per recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee constituted for suggesting remedial course of action for small hydro power projects damaged due to cloudburst in District Uttarkashi on 03.8.2012 All out efforts are being made to commission the project upto October 2014, if there is no hindrance from any corner

DUNAO SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (1.5 MW)

Dunao Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 1.5 MW with two (02) units of 750 kW project. The project is being financed from NABARD, MNRE & GoU Equity Tenders in different packages were invited for this SHP and the original date of completion was 2007-08, the project could not be completed upto the expected date of completion due to various reasons. Some of these are: (i) Necessity of re- tendering due to higher rates in original tenders. (ii) Due to remote site condition, the response of the bidder was poor, so tendering process took long time.(iii) Project was stopped as per directions of BOD from 11.02.2010 to 15.09.2010 due to shortage of funds.(iv) Slow progress of Civil works due to non-availability of site access.(v) Adverse working conditions & site remoteness even labourers are not staying at Project site.(vi) Considerable time taken in making approach to project site.(vii) Due to non-performance of Civil Contractor for P.H. Building, the contract has been cancelled.(viii) Technical problem for using old machines from another SHP for Dunao and necessity of procurement of new machine. All out efforts are being made to commission the project upto December 2013, if there is no hindrance from any corner

SUWARIGAD SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (2.0 MW)

Suwarigad Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 2 MW with two (02) units of 1 MW each. The project is being financed from NABARD, MNRE & GoU Equity. The contract agreement for construction of the project was signed on 29.09.2011. The completion period was expected by Mar. 2013, but in the project there is problem of land. The land of the SHP was included in land case of Pala Maneri. With closure of Pala Maneri, the forest department has not allowed to work on Suwarigad SHP, now land case is being presented to competent authority for approval. All out efforts are being made to commission the project upto December 2013, if there is no hindrance from any corner and the land case is approved at the earliest.

LIMCHAGAD SMALL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (3.5 MW) Limchagad Small Hydro Electric Project is having an installed capacity of 3500 kW with two (02) units of 1750 kW each. The project is being financed by NABARD, MNRE & GoU Equity. The contract agreement for construction of the project was signed on 29.09.2011 and the commissioning is expected by March 2014, but in the project there is requirement of extra land for which approval is being taken from competent authority. All out efforts are being made to commission the project upto March 2014, if there is no hindrance from any corner

Annexure-A

Business Plan for Small Hydro Projects Under Construction

Project Cost Proposed Fund Requirement (Rs in Crores) Expected Capacity (as per DPR) S.No. Name of Project Commissioning (MW) (Rs in upto 2012- of Project 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Crores) 13

1 Kaliganga-I 4.00 Commissioned 32.22 29.25 2.97

2 Sobla-I 8.00 Jun. 2013 36.26 19.00 11.00

3 Kaliganga-II 6.00 Dec. 2013 68.93 33.53 10.00 6.89

4 Dunao 1.50 Dec. 2013 31.20 7.85 10.00 3.12

5 Madhyamaheshwar 15.00 2014-15 120.21 31.06 16.50 25.50 3.01

6 Suwarigad 2.00 Mar. 2014 16.06 1.75 5.00 2.41 0.80

7 Limchagad 3.50 Mar. 2014 26.59 2.68 5.00 3.99 1.33

8 Asiganga-I 4.50 Oct. 2014 40.40 26.26 3.50 6.06 2.02

9 Asiganga-II 4.50 Oct. 2014 36.97 17.85 10.00 5.55 1.85

10 Kaldigad 9.00 Aug. 2015 76.19 32.29 5.00 11.46 11.43 3.81

Total 58.00 485.03 201.52 78.97 64.98 20.44 3.81

Note:- We are trying hard to complete these projects in time ,but the schedule may change due to uncertainty involved in geological conditions, change in profile in bed level of river caused by devastating flood due to cloud burst in Aug. 2012 and approval of land in case of Kaldigad,Asiganga_I,Asiganga- II ,Suwarigad and Limchagad SHP. Annexure-B

Business Plan for Small Hydro Projects Currently Under Investigation and Planning

Project Expected Expected Proposed Fund Requirement (Rs in Crores) Capacity Cost S.No. Name of Project Award of Commissionin (MW) (Rs in Contract g of Project Crores) 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

1 Suringad-II 5.00 Mar-13 Sep-16 49.60 4.96 9.92 14.88 14.88 4.96

2 Urgam-II 5.00 Sep-13 Sep-16 47.00 4.70 9.40 14.10 14.10 4.70

3 Guptkashi 1.30 Mar-14 Sep-16 8.00 0.80 3.20 3.20 0.80

4 Chamoli 0.80 Jun-14 Jun-17 3.20 0.32 0.64 0.96 0.96 0.32

5 Sonegad 7.50 Jun-14 Jun-17 65.00 6.50 13.00 19.50 19.50 6.50

6 Tankul 12.00 Sep-14 Sep-17 96.00 9.60 19.20 28.80 28.80 9.60

7 Bhilangna-II A 24.00 Sep-13 Sep-17 233.81 11.69 23.38 58.45 58.45 58.45 23.38

8 Painagad 9.00 Mar-14 Sep-17 77.57 3.88 19.39 23.27 23.27 7.76

9 Asiganga-III 9.00 Sep-13 Sep-17 93.34 4.67 23.34 28.00 28.00 9.33

10 Pilangad-II 4.00 Dec-14 Dec-17 24.00 1.20 3.60 8.40 8.40 2.40

11 Bhilangna-II B 24.00 Jun-14 Mar-18 227.93 11.40 34.19 45.59 56.98 56.98

12 Bhilangna-II C 21.00 Sep-14 Jun-18 199.50 9.98 29.93 39.90 49.88 49.88 19.95

Total 122.60 1124.95 21.35 91.04 233.91 285.05 284.70 166.15 19.95

1. Pathri Hydroelectric Project (20.4 MW)

Background:

The power station is located on the Upper Ganga Irrigation canal that takes off from the Bhim goda Barrage near Haridwar at a distance of 13 km downstream of Haridwar. The power plant was commissioned in the year 1955. The surface Power House comprising 3 units of 6.8 MW each with Kaplan turbines of 8400 HP output is located on the unlined irrigation canal and the water is utilized for the irrigation purpose in the command area of the canal.

Project Cost without IDC : INR 92.86 Crore

Project Cost with IDC : INR 105.63 Crore

Cost Breakup:

E&M Works : INR 80.96 Crore

HM Works : INR 4.92 Crore

Civil Works : INR 2.41 Crore

Establishment : INR 3.05 Crore

Ordinary T&P : INR 0.77 Crore

Loss on stock : INR 0.0055 Crore

Receipt & recovery : INR -0.03 Crore

Audit & Account : INR 0.77 Crore

Average Generation as Per RMU DPR (Post Tehri) : 90 MU

Generation after RMU : 155.6 MU

Status of RMU Works:

 Contract Signed on 9th March 2010  Machine # 3 given for reverse engineering on 11th May 2010 and after taking the measurements the machine was put on the bars on 2nd July 2010.  After engineering & change request acceptance Machine # 3 was given for extensive RMU on 6th Oct 2011

Commissioning Schedule:

Machine # 3 : From 6th Oct 2011 to 30th April 2013

Machine # 1 : From 1st March 2013 to 29th Nov 2013

Machine # 2 : From 1st April 2013 to 30th Nov 2013

Financing of Capital Expenditure:

The Project is being financed with the Debt: Equity ratio of 70:30. The funding is being done through PNB.

MNRE Grant : INR 12.50 Crore

Phasing of Capital Expenditure :

Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Capital Expenditure 11.14 5.85 23.22 52.65 (Rs Cr)

2. Mohd. Pur Hydroelectric Project (9.3 MW)

Background:

Mohammadpur Power House has been constructed on upper Ganga Canal at 49.5 km downstream of Mayapur Head Works, Hardwar. The power house, which has 3 units of 3.1 MW each, was commissioned in the year 1952. All the mechanical equipments were supplied by M/s Boving and Co., England and electrical equipments by M/s British Thomson Houston, (BTH) England.

Project Cost without IDC : INR 67.39 Crore

Project Cost with IDC : INR 76.55 Crore

Cost Breakup:

E&M Works : INR 60.48 Crore

HM Works : INR 1.2 Crore

Civil Works : INR 1.9 Crore

Establishment : INR 2.54 Crore

Ordinary T&P : INR 0.64 Crore

Loss on stock : INR 0.0.0077 Crore

Receipt & recovery : INR -0.013 Crore

Audit & Account : INR 0.64 Crore

Average Generation as Per RMU DPR (Post Tehri) : 40.44 MU

Generation after RMU : 64.92 MU

Status of RMU Works:

 Contract Signed on 6th April 2010  Machine # 2 given for given for extensive RMU on 6th June 2010  All works related to switchyard, control room & switchgear completed in Nov 2011.  Machine # 2 was commissioned and connected to Grid on 30th April 2012  Machine # 1 was given for extensive RMU on 1st May 2012  Machine # 3 was given for extensive RMU on 15th Oct 2012

Commissioning Schedule:

Machine # 2 : From 6th June to 30th April 2012

Machine # 1 : From 1st May 2012 to 30th April 2013

Machine # 3 : From 15th Oct 2012 to 5th June 2013

Financing of Capital Expenditure:

The Project is being financed with the Debt: Equity ratio of 95:5. The funding is being done through NABARD.

MNRE Grant : INR 6.65 Crore

Phasing of Capital Expenditure :

Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Capital Expenditure 10.78 17.94 21.40 17.27 (Rs Cr)

3. Galogi Hydroelectric Project (3 MW)

Background: One of the oldest running power house (commissioned in 1907) in the country and therefore a part of Indian National Heritage, Galogi Hydropower Station is located on river Kyarkuli near Mussoorie – about 22 km from Dehradun. It has 2 machines of 500 kW each and 2 machines of 1000 kW each. However, the historical capacity of this scheme is 2381 kW based on available discharge to the machines. 2 units of 500 kW were installed in Phase-I in the year 1907 and 2 units of 1000 kW in 1933 in Phase-II. Mussoorie was ’s second and Northern India’s first region to generate electricity.

Project Cost without IDC : INR 20.14 Crore

Project Cost with IDC : INR 21.46 Crore

Cost Breakup:

E&M Works : INR 9.83 Crore

HM Works : INR 6.8 Crore

Civil Works : INR 2.7 Crore

Establishment : INR 0.77 Crore

Ordinary T&P : INR 0 Crore

Loss on stock : INR 0.0.02 Crore

Receipt & recovery : INR 0 Crore

Audit & Account : INR 0.02 Crore

Average Generation as Per DPR : 3.07 MU

Generation after RMU : 8.28 MU

Status of RMU Works:

 Contract for penstock works signed in Jan 2009  Contract for E&M works signed in July 2009  Penstock work completed on 30th April 2012  Machine # 1 connected to grid on 18th Feb 2012  Machine # 4 connected to grid on 7th Aug 2012  Due to damage of 6.6 / 33 kV transformer at Anarwala S/S of UPCL the machines are being operated presently in standalone mode with a maximum demand of 200 kW at Barloganj.  Machine # 2 shall be taken under RMU after commissioning of DG set.

Commissioning Schedule:

Machine # 1 : From 7th Aug 2009 to 18th Feb 2012

Machine # 2 : From 30th Jan 2013 to 30th April 2013 (subject to Installation of DG set)

Machine # 4 : From 7th Aug 2009 to 7th Aug 2012

Financing of Capital Expenditure:

The Project is being financed with the Debt: Equity ratio of 70:30. The funding is being done through PNB.

MNRE Grant : INR 3.5 Crore

Phasing of Capital Expenditure :

Year 2007- 2008- 2009-10 2010- 2011-12 2012-13 2013- 08 09 11 14 Capital Expenditure 0.168 0.336 1.846 2.685 5.035 5.035 5.035 (Rs Cr)

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FOR RMU OF PATHRI, MOHD. PUR & GALOGI SHPs Rs. Crores Capital Expenditure PROJECT NAME FY 2007-08 FY 2008-09 FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 FY 2012-13 FY 2013-14 RMU OF SHPs GALOGI 0.17 0.34 1.85 2.69 5.04 5.04 5.04 PATHRI 11.14 5.85 23.22 52.65 MOHD.PUR 10.78 17.94 21.40 17.27 TOTAL OF RMU OF SHPs 0.17 0.34 1.85 24.61 28.83 49.66 74.96

UJVN Ltd.

Manpower Planning for the control Period

1. Permanent Strength – Sanctioned and Actual at present – Annexure 1 2. New Projects including Green Site Projects – as sanctioned by GoU – 213 Numbers – Annexure 2 3. Vyasi Project - as sanctioned by GoU – 199 numbers – Annexure 3 4. R.M.U. structure created to meet Renovation, Modernization and Up-gradation of existing Power Houses – Annexure 4 5. S.H.P. (Small Hydro Projects) – Structure created – Annexure 5 6. In order to cope up with the manpower requirement of New Projects and replacement of retired employees, the following steps have been taken during the year 2012-13

6.1 Employees joined during 2012-13 :-

Sl.No. Name of the post at Induction Level Number of persons recruited / joined 1 Junior Engineer (Trainee) - Civil 68 2 Asstt. Engineer (Trainee) - Civil 13 3 Junior Engineer (Trainee) – E&M 28 4 Accounts Officer 09 5 Manager (Environment) 01 Total 119

6.2 Appointment Offers issued and number of employees expected to join :-

Sl.No. Name of the post at Induction Number of persons Remarks Level recruited / joined 1 Junior Engineer (Trainee) - Civil 19 To join on 28/01/13 2 Asstt. Engineer (Trainee) – E&M 23 To join on 29/01/13 3 Asstt. Engineer (Trainee) – Civil 04 To join by 01/03/13 4 Junior Engineer (Trainee) – 30 Appointment Offers to be E&M issued after verification of documents to join by 31/03/13 5 Asstt. Engineer (Trainee) – Civil 03 Appointment Offers to be issued to join by 31/03/13 Total 79

6.3 Recruitment planned for ministerial cadre during 2013 -14 Written test organized by Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education on 04/11/2012 for recruitment for following posts – expected to join during the year 2013-14  Stenos – 85 numbers  Office Asstt. Grade III (Clerical Cadre) – 68 numbers  Asstt. Store Keepers – 21 numbers  Asstt. Accountant –06 numbers Total - 180 numbers

6.4 Recruitment planned for Technical / Operating / Officer cadre during 2013-14 Name of the post Number of posts Remarks T.G. II (Elect. & Mech) 123 Advertisement being released by Draughtsman 50 Uttarakhand Board of technical Education Personnel Officer 03 Advertisement being released by Geologist 02 UJVN Ltd. Asstt. Company Secretary 01 Sr. Geologist 01 In process on Deputation basis Total 180

6.5 Additional manpower of AEs (T) and JEs (T) will also be met – during the year 2013-14 after sanction from GoU is received for additional posts to be appointed after 28.02.13 (Annexure 2) as the recruitment process has already been finalized for one year. 7. For optimum utilization of manpower and succession planning, the following steps to be taken –

7.1 Defining of Job responsibilities, role/profile succession planning keeping in view structure of New Projects, SHPs/ O&M Projects/ RMU Projects, in consultation with concerned Director / E.D.

7.2 Training of newly recruited Engineers at SJVNL/BBMB/NHPC/THDC/IITs 7.3 In-house and on the job training of newly recruited engineers / staff in a systematic manner. 7.4 Posting of Engineers in new projects to be done in a phased manner. 7.5 As per Government instructions, Class IV posts are to be managed by way of outsourcing.