BHEL bags Rs 1,000 crore order from Bhutan

State-run BHEL has bagged Rs 1,016-crore contract from Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority, Bhutan for the electro-mechanical equipment package for a 1,200 MW (6x200 MW) hydroelectric project.

The order envisages manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the electro-mechanical equipment for the 1,200-MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric project. The project is being set-up under a bilateral agreement between the Government of India, and the Royal Government of Bhutan.