Page 198 - January 2022 Issue

Damodar Valley

Corporation

Gurdeep Singh
Chairman, DVC

amodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a Statutory Body under the
Ministry of Power came into existence on 7th July, 1948 by an Act
Dof Central Legislature (Act No. XIV of 1948) keeping in view the
integrated development of Damodar Valley in the States of Bihar (presently
Jharkhand) and West Bengal. The mandated responsibilities of DVC include
irrigation & flood control, generation, transmission and distribution of power,
soil conservation in the command area as well as socio-economic development
and general well-being of its people.

Employees Strength
• Permanent (on roll): 6862
• Contractual: 61
Generation Infrastructure
Posters/banners Thermal & Hydel generating stations of DVC
have been displayed Particulars Jharkhand West Bengal Total
at various locations Panchet: 80 MW
(2x40MW) Maithon: 63.2 MW 147.2
of the DVC Hydel (2x20MW, 1x23.2
Tilaiya : 4 MW MW) MW
Corporate Office and (2x2MW)
field projects and Bokaro: 710 MW Durgapur: 210 MW

leaflets distributed (1x210MW, 1x500MW) (1x210MW)
Installed
along with Capacity Chandrapura: Durgapur Steel:
500 MW (2x250MW) 1000 MW (2x500MW)
miking for mass
Thermal Mejia: 2340 MW 6960 MW
awareness about the (4x210MW,
seriousness of the Koderma: 1000 MW 2x250MW, 2x500MW)
(2x500MW)
COVID-19 threat Raghunathpur:
1200 MW (2x600MW)
and indicating Do’s

& Don’ts to be DVC-SAIL: 338 MW
Joint 1388
followed by every Venture Thermal TATA Power- DVC:1050 MW
individual. MW

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