Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi appreciated the contribution of Public sector and said these hydro projects will bring prosperity to the State of Himachal and other parts of the country while dedicating the flagship 800 MW Hydro Power Station of NTPC- Koldam, 520 MW Parvati Project of NHPC and 412 MW Rampur Hydro Station of SJVNL to the Nation in Himachal Pradesh recently. Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri VirBhadra Singh, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State ( I/C )for Power, Coal , New & Renewable Energy and Mines and eminent dignitaries from Himachal Pradesh were present on the occasion.
Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC shared the salient features and highlights of the Koldam Project through the model displayed at the venue to the Prime Minister. Shri S.C Pandey, Director ( Projects), Shri K.K.Sharma Director (Operations) NTPC and Shri K.K.Singh, RED( Hydro Region)were present.With commencement of generation from four 200 MW units, NTPC- Koldam has achieved capacity of 800 MW and provides peaking capacity to the Northern grid. It shall annually generate 3054 GWh electricity at 90% dependable year basis.