Incurred loss of nearly Rs 45cr on Uttarakhand floods: SJVN

Heavy silt in the river Satluj and cloud burst in and around upper stream of the dam in Uttarakhand has caused something around Rs 40-45 crore loss to Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN). 

Yet SJVN’s generation is more than same period of last year, CMD RP Singh, told CNBC-TV18. After two power shutdowns during that period ( June10 and June16) with generation loss at 150 million units, all SJVN’s plants were restored on Monday. Also Read: Panel to decide tariff hike for Mundra plant: Adani Power Below is the edited transcript of RP Singh’s interview with CNBC-TV18. Q: Can you tell us how much operations have been affected by the recent floods? How much of power generation you have lost? A: In terms of days, there is almost 4.5-5 days loss of generation cost due to heavy silt in the river Satluj and cloud burst in and around upper stream of the dam. In terms of monetary loss, it will be something around Rs 40-45 crore, but yet I would like to tell you even today, our generation is more than same period of last year. Q: How much is that? A: The plant availability factor is almost 105%. Q: How much longer will your power units be shut? When at all can you expect normal generation? A: First shutdown was on June 10, 2013. The total duration of this shutdown was for 25 hours. Generation loss was 37.5 million units. The second shutdown was on June 16, 2013. This shutdown was for 73 hours and generation loss was 109.29 million units. If you add it together, these two itself are somewhere around 150 million units. Third shutdown started from 7:30 AM till 7:30 PM. All the plants were restored at 8:30 PM yesterday.