The Haryana government has cancelled contracts with Chinese companies for installing pollution control equipment worth Rs 780 crore at two of its thermal power facilities.
The contracts had been awarded by the Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) through global tendering for the installation of the equipment in the plants in Yamunanagar and Hisar towns.
While the Beijing SPC Environment Protection Tech was awarded contract for the Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station in Yamunanagar, the Shanghai Electric Corporation was shortlisted for the Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant in Hisar.
NTPC was consultant at the time of bidding the contracts.
With the cancellation of tenders, the state government has now decided to invite fresh tenders, but from companies registered in India only.
Against the tender for the power station in Yamunanagar, five bids were received, in which three were from Chinese bidders and the others from Indian bidders.
In the tender for the plant in Hisar, three firms participated, with two being Chinese and the third one domestic company with a foreign collaborator.
