AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Director (Personnel) of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) Satyabrata Bargohain has been visiting Tripura for the last two days on his maiden visit as Director. Bargohain visited the much awaited 101 MW Manarchak thermal project on Sunday. He visited the Agartala Gas Turbine Project (AGTP) at Ramchandraghat near Agartala on Monday.

A source inside NEEPCO said that the Director (Personnel) took detailed stock of the latest situation at Manarchak project. He met with key officials including the project head of the RC Ghat project as well and took stock of progress in the upcoming combined cycle project of the unit.

Following eight months of lull, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in June assured gas supply to NEEPCO’s Manarchak project. The gas would be supplied by the next five months, ONGC asset manager VP Mahawar assured.

Mahawar claimed that gas supply to Manarchak plant was assured by the next five months. He said that gas supplies for the plant was delayed partly due to sudden absence of contractor of the project for past several months and partly due to requirement of gas for the second unit of OTPC powered Palatana project.

The source inside NEEPCO today said that Director (Personnel) Satyabrata Bargohain would carry back all inputs from the field and report it to the Corporation top brass. NEEPCO’s Manarchak project has been waiting for years together due to tug-of-war with the ONGC over gas supplies. The project is reported to have been waiting with its gas turbine ready for generation since September, 2013.