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Three cooling towers of Panipat Thermal Power Station demolished

Three cooling towers of Panipat Thermal Power Station (PTPS) units 2, 3 and 4, built at a height of 105 meters, were technically demolished using small dia emulsion explosive.

State government had already made a decision to shut down unit 1 to 4, of 110-110 MW of PTPS as the units had completed their age in 2015. The said units were auctioned by the national level authority and were sold to highest bidder HR Commercial Private Limited, a firm in Mumbai.

Around 650 kg small dia emulsion explosive was used to demolish the three units, XEn Yadav said. The cooling towers were fixed to demolish in 10 second intervals. As per the programme, the towers were demolished within only 100-120 seconds, he claimed.

Chief Engineer Sachdeva said the Assandh-Panipat road was closed for only 15 minutes for safety reasons during the demolition operation and it was completed successfully without any damage to surroundings. Moreover, ambulance, fire tenders and police force were deployed to deal with any untoward situation but the operation completed peacefully.

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, the then President of India, had inaugurated the unit 1. After that, four units 5 to 8 of 220-220 MW were constructed and the state government had decided to shut down the first four units.

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