Yamunanagar, Khedar Power Plants
Govt scouting for Chinese engineers
Ruchika M. Khanna
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 12
Frequent technical snags in the Chinese equipment used in the recently commissioned power plants of Haryana have forced the state government to scout for Chinese engineers to run these plants.

The state government now proposes to hire Chinese engineers to repair the Chinese machinery installed at the Yamunanagar and Khedar power plants . The state government has taken up the matter with the Centre to employ Chinese nationals.

Talking to The Tribune here today, Capt Ajay Yadav, Power Minister, said the government proposed to employ these engineers on contract for six to 12 months. “ We are trying to recruit those engineers who have worked with the suppliers of these Chinese equipment installed at these power plants,” he said.

It may be noted that ever since the commissioning of the two above-mentioned power plants, there have been numerous technical snags in the Chinese equipment.

There have been instances of bursting of valves and other equipment due to poor quality of material used in the two plants.

The Khedar plant has been consuming much higher levels of coal than was normally required by a thermal plant.

State government engineers are also finding it difficult to understand the drawings of boilers, turbines and auxiliaries as these are written in Mandarin language.

Yadav, however, ruled out any probe against the companies involved in setting up these plants for using “inferior” Chinese equipment.