New Special Cover..

Hi ! in today’s Post, here is a recent special cover issued on Nathpa Jhakri Power Station during district level philatelic exhibition SIMPEX 2010 recently held in Shimla. My thanks to Ms Bhumika Sharma who sent report about the exhibition from Shimla. This is all for Today….Till Next Post….Have a Nice Time !

Special Cover issued during SIMPEX 2010, Shimla

The Nathpa Jhakri project, which began in 1993, is for a 1,530 MW installation on the upper reaches of the river Satluj in the Kinnaur and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas.

The project includes a 60.5m-high dam and underground desilting complex and a 27MW Francis unit. It supplies Himachal Pradesh and the Northern Regional Grid States in India. A high-voltage transmission system (220kV) transports power from the Nathpa Jhakri hydro station to Haryana's grid system.

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (formerly Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation Ltd) has run up all six 250MW units of the Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power project.

Nathpa Jhakri boasts the largest and longest headrace tunnel, largest desilting chambers, deepest and largest surge shaft, and the largest underground power complex. The project has added 1,500MW capacity to the Indian Northern Grid since the the first unit was commissioned in October 2003. The Union power ministry is reportedly treating this as a benchmark for future hydroelectric projects.

Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Project

The 1500 MW hydro electric power project is situated in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh. Stretched over 45 kms length on river Satluj, this project has been a civil engineering marvel. The Head Race Tunnel with 8.5 Mtr finished diameter and 27 kms long is longest in any Hydro Project in the country and probably in the whole of Asia.

Club News

Bhumika Sharma receiving  award from Mr.Nirmal Jeet Singh,Director,HP Postal Circle at SIMPEX 2010, Shimla

Congratulations !

Heartiest Congratulations to our member, Bhumika Sharma who has been awarded second prize at SIMPEX 2010, recently held at Shimla from 12 - 15 March 2010.

POSTAL AUCTION

INDIAN THEMATIC SOCIETY
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ITS Postal Auction No.48 – Last Date: 15.4.2010
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