BHOPAL, April 25 -- BHEL Bhopal has successfully designed, fabricated, machined and assembled its largest ever Guide Apparatus for Polavaram Hydroelectric Project. The Guide Apparatus assembly is a major component of the Hydroelectric Project which serves as water inlet through its 24 guide vanes each weighing 4 MT and is approximately 4 meters in length.
On assembly, its cylindrical structure weighs 255 MT with a diameter of 9.5 m and height of 6.5 m. S M Ramanathan, Executive Director, BHEL Bhopal inspected the assembly on 24-04-2024 and congratulated the employees for this achievement. G P Baghel (GM - Quality) and V Shrinivas Rao (GM - Hydro) were also present on the occasion.
On completion, Polavaram hydro-electric project will be pr...