Chennai, January 22: The Rs.800 crore, 3,000 MW steam turbine and generator project of Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator Pvt. Ltd. coming up here is expected to start production in July this year, a top company official said Saturday.
“The turbine and generator project is on track and production is expected to start in July. About 75 percent of the work is over. Initially the component facility will start operations and it will be followed by the steam turbine and generator plant,” said Itaru Ishibashi, managing director.
The company is a 75:25 venture between $73 billion Toshiba and the $3.7 billion Jindal Steel Works Group
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar on Core Nodal Development in Chennai, Ishibashi said: “Our concern is the strength of the bridges and the roads leading to the Ennore port from our plant. They need to be strengthened or even rebuilt so that they can bear the weight of our turbines and generators.”
The seminar was organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Japan External Trade Organisation, Japan’s economy, trade and industry ministry and Tamil Nadu government.
-Agencies