Electricity Rihand Dam The dispute between the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on the sharing of power from the Rihand and Matatila projects was settled at the Central Zonal Council meeting in Nainital on July 1. The U. P. Electricity Board will make available to the Madhya Pradesh Board 15 percent of the Rihand power and one-third of the power from the Matatila project at cost price plus five percent. The price will be worked out by a committee after hearing the representatives of the two States, and will be reviewed once in ten years. It was also agreed that a committee under the chairmanship of the Chairman of the Central Water and Power Commission will study the technical and economic aspects of the Madhya Pradesh's proposal to divert some water from the catchment area of Rihand to generate more electricity. All future hydro-electric ptojects on rivers constituting the boundary between the two States will be provided by the two State Governments in proportion to the benefits to be derived by them. Power Uttar Pradesh is effectively cut in two by the River Ganges. To the north of the river, on the Sarda Canal, lies the Khatima Hydroelectric Project, which, together with the small stations forming the Ganga H. E. grid, supplies power for the northern and western parts of the State. Although abounding in mineral wealth the southern part of the territory was underdeveloped. To remedy this and industrialise the area a large source of cheap electric power had to be located. The solution to the problem was found in the construction of the Rihand dam and power station on the River Rihand, a tributary of the Ganges. Andhra Power Schemes Dr. Dharma Teja, chairman of the Jayanti Shipping Corporation, has assured the Andhra Pradesh Government that foreign exchange required for his scheme of setting up two thermal power stations in the State with the Japanese collaboration, would be outside the Japanese yen credit. According to Mr. N. Sanjiva Reddy, the Chief Minister, The Rihand Dam, with power station and switchyard (on the opposite bank). "this is a good scheme" and he hoped the Union Government will permit Dr. Teja to set up the plants at an early date. Dr. Teja, he said, had agreed to hand over the plants to the State Government after commissioning and receiving payments in easy instalments. The plants thus would be in public sector and would not offend the industrial policy resolution. Fifty Millon KW According to tentative plans of the Union Ministry of Irrigation and Power, nearly 50 million kw of power is to be generated in the country by 1981-the end of the Sixth Five Year Plan-it is understood. Of this, approximately 29 million kw is to be hydroelectric power, 5 million kw will be nuclear power and the rest will be developed from coal. According to an estimate of the Central Water and Power Commission there is scope for the generation of 41 million kw of hydro electric power in the country. Among the major potential sources of hydro-electric power are the Narmada river which can yield two million kw and the Brahmputra which, if properly harnessed, may provide 3.5 million kw. Lowest Electricity Rate Chairman of Poona Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Mr. C. P. Wadia, said on July 15 that the rate of eletricity for lighting and other purposes charged by the Company in Poona city is the lowest in the whole of India. The Undertaking is soon to be taken over by the State Electricity Board. Kilowatts In Sewage-Digester Gas The use of digester gas has stimulated the imagination of engineers since they took the tank designed by the great Dr. Karl Imhoff and separated the digestion compartment from the settling basin. By doing so, they Let "N.T.C. Carry THE TRANSMISSION LINE FIRST MANUFACTURERS OF: WELDED STEEL TUBULAR POLES THE NATIONAL TUBING COMPANY discovered that both work better, that the plants become easier to operate, and that the digesters generate sufficient gas of good quality at a reliable rate to make it become a resource that ought to be used. The economics of this by-product power basically depends on the volume of gas produced versus the energy required for all plant purposes. These both can be expressed in terms of -million gallons of sewage contributed to the plant. When a digester performs normally it produces gas at a remarkably constant rate. The quantity depends on the digestible on the digestible organics in the sludge and this, in turn, relates on the efficiency of the plant and the degree of the treatment being provided. An old rule of the thumb tells us that a digester will produce one cubic foot of gas per day per person that the plant serves. Another states that a plant will receive 150 gallons per day per person served. Fit the two together and you determine that the digester will produce 6,667 cubic feet of gas per million gallons received at the plant. This is a good rough estimate. In power economics, the unit of exchange in currency if not current, is the kilowatt hour. If we use the modern supercharged dual-fed or trifuel diesel unit, we can generate one kilowatt hour by using 16 cubic feet of digester gas plus oil amounting to 5 to 10 per cent. The economy depends largely upon whether you have enough power to make it worth using. 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Managing Agents: KETTLEWELL BULLEN & CO., LTD. Sole Distributors For Uttar Pradesh: Choubay & Co. 59/49, BIRHANA ROAD, KANPUR Grams: 'CHOUBAY Co.' Phone: 37383 Training of Tractor Technicians Mechanisation of farming in India is the dire need of the day. The implications of mechanised farming are that all the farming operations in a field should be performed with the help of modern farm equipment which ordinarily mean use of an agricultural tractor along with other matching implements. This does not only involve the problem of supplying the farmers right type of tractors and implements, but positively entails the suppliers of these machines with the responsibility of providing effective aftersale-service at the nearest point where such machines have to be in operation and at the same time equipping the farmers with rudimentary know-how about the operation and maintenance of the machines. To carry out this responsibility, the Ghaziabad Engineering Co., Private Ltd. conduct regular training courses at their Technical Training Centre situated at Pasonda, on the seventh mile of G. T. Road. The 5th training course which started on the 10th June, 1963 and ended on 12th July, 1963, was attended by 24 trainees, sponsored by the dealers of this organisation, who are responsible for servicing Soviet Tractors in their respective territories. Out of 24 candidates 20 completed the course successfully. Speaking at the convocation, Mr. Y. E. Stogov, a Representative of the Trade Representation of the USSR in India said that it was a remarkable day for the students who had acquired sufficient knowledge about the working of Soviet Tractors. As such they carried on their shoulders a great responsibibility of utilising their technical know-how for the good of Indian Farmers. S. Nirmal Singh (Second from right). Soviet Engineers U.N. Tarasov & G. I. Borisov (both in the centre) conducting a class. |