A REPORT ON

TEHRI HYDRO DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION

OVERVIEW
Tehri Development Corporation is a Joint Venture Corporation of the Govt. of India and
Govt. of U.P. THDC was incorporated as a Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956,
in July’88, to develop, operate and maintain the Tehri Hydro Power Complex and other
Hydro Projects. Govt. of India & Govt. of U.P share the ratio of 75:25 in the project. The
Corporation has a share capital of Rs.4000 cr. In the fiscal year 2008-09 the company earned
revenue of 1208.65 crores with a net profit 3252.06 crores. In the same year Tehri Power
station generated 119% of its installed capacity of 1000MW. THDC has a total manpower of
2290.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The investment clearance for Tehri dam & Hydro electric project was initially accorded by
Planning Commission in June 1972, to the government of U.P. An installed generating
capacity of 600MW was initiated in 1978. Further the installed capacity of project was
increased to 1000MW in the year 1983.There was an agreement on technical and financial
co-operation between Government of India and Government of U.S.S.R in Nov 1986. This
included execution of 2400 MW Tehri Hydro Power complex and financing of 1000 million
Roubles from U.S.S.R. However, the co-operation couldn’t continue due to the
disintegration of U.S.S.R. Indian government was forced to take control of the project in
1988 which led to formation of THDC.

The Project was developed in three stages: Tehri Dam Project with 1,000 MW in Stage 1,
Koteshwar Power Plant with 400 MW capacity in Stage-2, and Tehri Pump Storage Plant
with 1,000 MW capacity providing altogether 2,400 MW of clean hydro electric energy in
Stage-3.

Projects (Short Term/Long Term Objectives) :

 THDC has got investment approval for 444 MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric
Project on river Alaknanda from Government of India in August 2008.
 THDC has also been allotted projects in Bhagirathi, Alaknanda and Sarda valleys with
a total capacity of 760 MW by Govt of Uttarakand.
 THDC has an approval for Kishau Multipurpose project of 600 MW on river Tons
which is a tributary of Yamuna.
 A MoU with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) has been signed for
development of Hydro Power Projects and pumped storage schemes in India.
 Govt. of Maharashtra has allotted 2 PSP’s, Malshej Ghat(600 MW) and Humbarli
(400MW) to THDC and NPCIL
 Under India-Bhutan Co-operation in hydro Sector development, MOP has allotted
two Projects namely Sankosh Multi Purpose Project (4060 MW) and Bunakha HEP
(180 MW) in Bhutan for updating of detailed project report, and subsequent
implementation on Intergovernmental Authority Model / JV with Bhutanese PSUs .
 THDC is also engaged in the engineering consultancy work for stabilization of
Varunavat Parvat in Uttarkashi entrusted by Government of Uttarakhand.
Technical details of Tehri Hydro Plant 1000MW (under operation)
The 1000 MW Hydro Power plant which is under operation has a 253 m Tehri dam which is
the high earth and rock fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River. It is the highest earth
and rock fill dam in Asia. The length of the dam is 575m, Crest width of 20m and base width
of 1128m. The coverage area of the reservoir is 52 sq. Km.
Other details,

 Tehri has two head race tunnels and an underground Power house which has
conventional turbine and generator sets each of 250MW.
 The turbines used are vertical Francis turbines which are of Russian technology.
 The spill way system comprises of chute spill way, 2 gated shaft spill ways and 2 un-
gated shaft spill ways. The spill way capacity is 15,540 cu m per sec.
 There is an intermediate outlet which enables water release for irrigation purpose
when the machines are not in operation.
 The intake structure has a bifurcation chamber and a butterfly valve chamber.
 The power structures of Tehri hydro and pumped storage plants are designed in a
single complex which made it possible to merge a number of elements of the
structures functionally for the purpose of reducing capital expenditure.
 A single platform at elevation 745m with mechanical equipment for servicing the
water intakes for hydro electric and pumped storage plants.
 A single platform at elevation of 840m for servicing the shafts of the repair gates of
tunnels.
 It has underground chambers for disk gates and assembly of penstock linings with
single approach tunnels.
 A common transformer room having 3 phase power transformers and a single 400
KV electric gas distribution devices in which electric and gas conductors are placed
for power transmission from power house to point of conversion of overhead
transmission line.

SPILL WAY

Costs for Tehri Hydro

Power Project
(1000MW)
 Item Cost in Crores Rupees

Major Civil works including Hydro Mechanical 3034.59

works

Electro Mechanical Equipment 1107.85

Infrastructure 159.67

Rehabilitation & resettlement 983.14

Environment 141.74

Establishment 346.93

Others 287.40

Sub total 6061.32

Interest During Construction(IDC) and Financing 560.00

Charges

Total 6621.32

The Government has approved the revised cost estimate of the 1,000 MW first stage of the
Tehri hydro electric-project in Uttarakhand, implemented by THDC India Ltd. (THDC), at Rs
8,392.45 crores in October 2010. The Stage I of Tehri Hydro Electric Project has four units of
250 MW each. The investment approval for Tehri project was accorded by the Centre in July
2006. The project cost then was at estimated at Rs. 1657.60 crore (at December 2005 price
level) with a debt-equity ratio of 70:30.

The project was commissioned in 2006-07 and has generated 10,723.21 million units till
September 2010. It provides peaking power to nine States of northern India, including Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Rajasthan
and Himachal Pradesh.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST YEAR PERFORMANCE:

 a. Capital Employed

Capital employed has decreased YOY from 2007-08 to 2008-09, also the return on the
capital employed has decreased marginally though it remains more or less the same in
absolute terms.
b. Profit & net worth:
Reference: for graphs www.THDC.gov.in

There seems to be some discrepancy in the above net profit graph as depicted by the
company. There is an increase of 0.5% in the net profit which has been wrongly depicted as
a decrease in the net profit. The net worth of the company has also shown a marginal
increase of 2.88% over previous year’s performance.

FUTURE PLANS

 Capacity Addition Plan

In the 10th plan THDC added a net of 1000MW through its THP station. In the 11 th plan the
company plans to add 400 MW through Koteshwar HEP. In the 12th plan THDC has the
following projects lined up for commissioning:
 a. 1000MW Tehri Pumped Storage Plant
b. 444MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

 Projected Energy Generation

An important observation to note is that the company has already surpassed the target for
the year 2009-10 in the year 2008-09 itself. The unit of energy generated is million units.