Hindustan Construction Wins $472 Hydropower Contract, Working on Eight More Projects

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Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Johannesburg, South Africa) -- Indian infrastructure and development company Hindustan Construction Company Limited ( BSE:HCC) (Mumbai) has been awarded a $472 million contract from THDC India Limited (Uttarakhand) for the construction of the Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydropower project in Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The project is a 444-megawatt (MW) (4 x 111 MW) run of river scheme on Alaknada River, which is a major tributary of River Ganga. The EPC (engineering+procurement+construction) contract covers civil works, hydro-mechanical works, including a penstock steel liner. The project is scheduled for completion in 54 months.

The scope of work includes the construction of a 65-meter high concrete gravity dam, de-silting chamber, head race tunnel (13.4 kilometers long, 8.8 meters in diameter), surge shaft, pressure shaft, underground power house and cavern, surge tank, tail race tunnel and hydro mechanical works. About 12.5 kilometers of the head race tunnel will be excavated using a tunnel boring machine.

HCC recently completed three hydropower projects and is currently executing eight hydropower projects.

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