DVC TOWERS, DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS, KOLKATA-54 (Kolkata)

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  subhabrata_saha

  FORMATION: DVC, a legacy to the people of India, emerged as a culmination of attempts made over a whole century to control the wild and erratic Damodar river. The river spans over an area of 25,000 sq. kms covering the states of Bihar (now Jharkhand) & West Bengal. The Damodar Valley has been ravaged frequently by floods of varying intensities and the first of the major recorded flood dates back to 1730. Thereafter serious floods occurred at regular intervals, but it was the flood of 1943 that left the worst devastation in its wake. As a result, the Governor of Bengal appointed a Board of Inquiry headed by the Maharaja of Burdwan and the noted physicist Dr. Meghnad Saha as member. In their report, the Board suggested creation of an authority similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) of United States of America. The Government of India then appointed Mr. W.L. Voorduin, a senior engineer of the TVA to make recommendations for comprehensive development of the valley. Accordingly, in August, 1944, Mr. Voorduin submitted his "Preliminary Memorandum on the Unified Development of the Damodar River". Mr. Voorduin’s "Preliminary Memorandum" suggested a multipurpose development plan designed for achieving flood control, irrigation, power generation and navigation in the Damodar Valley. Four consultants appointed by the Government of India examined it. They also approved the main technical features of Voorduin’s scheme and recommended early initiation of construction beginning with Tilaiya to be followed by Maithon. By April 1947, full agreement was practically reached between the three Governments of Central, Bengal and Bihar on the implementation of the scheme and in March 1948, the Damodar Valley Corporation Act (Act No. XIV of 1948) was passed by the Central Legislature, requiring the three governments – the Central Government and the State Governments of West Bengal and Bihar (now Jharkhand) to participate jointly for the purpose of building the Damodar Valley Corporation. The Corporation came into existence on 7th July, 1948 as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.

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  Objectives To realize DVC’s Mission, the following corporate objectives have been identified for persuasion: Corporate Objectives: Generate maximum on sustainable basis through implementation of best O&M practices. Rejuvenate old generating units through refurbishment / replacement / comprehensive overhauling programme. Capacity augmentation through extension and green field projects. Strengthening of the existing transmission and distribution network and augmentation to match with the capacity addition. Transmit, distribute and supply reliable and quality power at competitive tariff. Improve the financial health of the Corporation by adoption of efficient industrial, commercial and human resource management practices. Ensure optimum utilization of available water resources through effective and efficient management and harnessing the remaining potential of Damodar basin. Adopt measures for pollution abatement of Damodar River. Ensure environmental protection at plant level. Strengthen activities of eco-conservation in the valley area & to make Damodar valley more Green. Unified socio-economic development for the inhabitants of villages neighboring major projects of DVC. To pursue with development of tourism at Maithon, Panchet, Tilaiya and Hazaribagh. Revival of Fish Farming in DVC reservoirs. Skill development training to local youth around DVC Projects to improve their employability & upgrading infrastructural facilities at existing Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Purulia, Durgapur & Chhatna in West Bengal & Chas and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand and also setting up of the Jharkhand Govt. proposed new ITI at Kodarma as well as new ITI at existing Chandrapura Training Institute of DVC.

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  Landmarks Achieved DVC is the first multipurpose river valley project taken up by the Govt. of India. DVC, the only GOI organization generating power through three sources- coal, water and liquid fuel. India’s first underground hydel station set up at Maithon. Bokaro TPS, the nation’s biggest thermal power plant in the 50s of the last century BTPS boilers, first to burn untapped low-grade coal in pulverized fuel furnaces. The first re-heat units in India, utilizing high steam parameter at Chandrapura TPS. Mejia, first of its kind in Eastern India with tube mills in service for zero reject.Direct ignition of pulverized coal (DIPC) system for reducing oil consumption in the boiler conceived for the first time in Eastern India at Mejia TPS.

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