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HYDERABAD
The 3rd portion of the 5×800 megawatt Yadadri Thermal Power Station adjacent Veerlapalem successful Damaracherla mandal of Nalgonda district, which was declared commercially operational connected May 13 night, had suffered a large occurrence mishap connected Sunday afternoon.
Fire tenders were rushed to the powerfulness works to forestall the occurrence spreading to adjacent units and enactment it off. According to the task engineers, the occurrence was brought nether power wrong a mates of hours aft it broke out.
After a preliminary assessment, the engineers person travel to a basal knowing that the occurrence broke retired owed to lipid (lubrication) leakage successful the turbine-driven boiler provender pump area. Dark fume engulfed the powerfulness works wrong minutes aft the occurrence broke out. Equipment specified arsenic power cables and valves were damaged severely successful the mishap.
Senior executives of the powerfulness works and Telangana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TG-Genco) rushed to the task tract to oversee the restoration work. The archetypal portion of the works besides suffered a akin occurrence mishap successful April past year. When contacted, the Genco officials said they were assessing the nonstop reasons for the mishap.
Trial runs of the 3rd portion were commenced andn has truthful acold generated 486.73 cardinal units of vigor including astir 35 cardinal units of steadfast powerfulness since it became commercially operational connected May 13 and the remainder arsenic infirm energy. No idiosyncratic oregon technologist suffered immoderate wounded successful the mishap since the attendance was thin.
