Damodar Valley Corporation

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. The corporation came into being on July 7, 1948, by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India.

• It is an Indian governmental organization which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India. It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. The corporation operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the Ministry of Power.

Achievements of DVC

• 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 1950s.
• 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.

Conclusion

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