After a unit turbine at Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant at Khedar village in Hisar broke down 4-5 days ago, it has now resulted in shut down of one unit. According to some, negligence by the officers was responsible for the situation while the plant’s chief engineer was planning to get analysis of the turbine done. Sources within the power plant said about 4-5 days ago, the turbine had started making noises at night and when the officer present on the spot called the officer concerned, the latter failed to come to the site. Due to this, when the turbine remained functional throughout night, it started giving trouble in the morning. Later the unit was shut down as per the demand-made schedule.
In the evening it was found that the turbine had broken down and the unit still has not been made functional. Due to this, power generation capacity of various power plants of the state has come down from 4,642MW to 4,042MW. Now the officials were passing the blame on each other. Due to the non-functional turbine, the plant will incur losses in crores and it might take several months to repair the same.
