NHPC, India’s premier hydropower company organized ‘Vasant Utsav 2021’ with great fervour and enthusiasm at the NHPC Residential complex, Surajkund, Faridabad on 13th February 2021. It was inaugurated by Shri A.K. Singh, CMD, NHPC in the presence of Shri N.K. Jain, Director (Personnel), Shri Y.K. Chaubey, Director (Technical), Shri R.P. Goyal, Director (Finance), Shri Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects), Shri A.K. Srivastava, CVO, NHPC and other senior officers of NHPC alongwith their families. Smt. Sudha Singh, President, NHPC ladies welfare association and other members of Ladies welfare association were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion Shri A.K. Singh, CMD extended his best wishes for Vasant season to all. Shri A.K. Singh said that the past year had been full of challenges due to Covid-19 pandemic but NHPC faced these challenges and continued power generation on a 24 x 7 basis. He further informed that NHPC has been making excellent progress on various fronts and has been awarded several projects. Shri Singh also informed that NHPC’s standalone net profit for the 3rd quarter 2020 increased by 100% to Rs. 808 crore against a net profit of Rs. 404 crore during the corresponding previous quarter. He further said that NHPC’s sales realization from beneficiaries for the current fiscal is Rs 7633 crore till 10th February 2021 as compared to Rs 7018 crore during the corresponding period of the previous financial year. He congratulated all NHPC employees for their outstanding performance.
A number of stalls promoting local handicrafts, dress materials, food delicacies etc. from various states/ union territories as J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Assam etc. were set up by NHPC power stations/ projects and NHPC Ladies Club Welfare Association at Vasant Utsav 2021. The special attraction of the Utsav was a colourful cultural programme featuring traditional folk dances of Uttar Pradesh and performance from renowned Sufi singers Nizami Bandhu which enthralled everyone presents on the occasion.