FLUSHED!

DIKCHU, 12 June: The above photograph is of the Teesta Stage V hydel project reservoir at Dikchu, its bed exposed after it was flushed on Sunday when the silt levels increased beyond the dam’s capacity to manage. It was rare sight for the residents here to see what a free-flowing Teesta looks like when it courses through their town because all they otherwise experience nowadays are the lulling laps of a reservoir. Readers will also be able to spot some locals standing along the boundary wall of the now abandoned Dikchu Secondary School campus above the reservoir and the high bank of the silt deposit. NHPC suspended power generation at the Stage-V for two days due to heavy siltation in the Teesta. Heavy rains and flashfloods in North district inundated the Teesta with silt much higher than the project’s capacity to handle [normally Teesta generates 6,000ppm] of 10000ppm which made the process of ‘flushing’ seen in the photograph above necessary.

State Level Painting Competition by NHPC
GANGTOK, 10 Nov: Teesta-V Power Station, NHPC Limited, which is the Nodal Agent for the State of Sikkim for conducting the Painting Competition on Energy Conservation-2011 at School, State and National Levels is going to organize its State Level painting competition on Energy Conservation on 14 November, 2011 (Children's Day). The competition will be held at Janta Bhawan, Gangtok, East Sikkim from 10:00 AM onwards.

Twenty Teesta Stage V Land Oustees Employees re-designated

EMPLOYEES EXPRESS GRATITUDE
GANGTOK, 06 Nov: Teesta [Stage V] Land Oustees Employees, have expressed gratitude for the re-designation of 20 employees as per their qualification on 13 September earlier this year, in a press release issued today.

Teesta Stage-V power station bags Greentech Environment Award

GANGTOK, 24 Oct: Teesta Stage–V Power Station of the NHPC at Balutar near Singtam has bagged the Greentech Environment Excellence Award 2011 for “outstanding achievement in the field of Environment Management”.