For a self reliant power sector

For a self reliant power sector

BPC plans to establish training and manufacturing centres in Jigmeling 29 January, 2011 - The Bhutan Power Corporation has big plans to establish a training and a manufacturing centre in Jigmeling, Sarpang, to meet the needs of the countrys hydropower sector. The plans, which are still in a conceptual stage, is to train Bhutanese in the operation, repair, maintenance and management of hydropower generating plants.

To be established within the 1,185 acre special economic zone in Jigmeling the plan is also to establish a centre of excellence that will manufacture turbines, switchgears, transmission lines and other appliances. The BPC managing director, Dasho Bharat Tamang, who is accompanying the prime minister on the mid term review tour, said the initiative is an attempt to reduce dependence on expatriate workers and also provide employment opportunities.The training centre will complement the need of the centre of excellence as the trainees will be introduced to the manufacturing unit and gather first-hand experience said Dasho Bharat Tamang.The boom in the power sector will mean there will be numerous hydropower machines, transmission lines and electrical equipment among others that need to be taken care of; therefore the need to build our own capacity to fulfil its need said Dasho Bharat Tamang. Driven by the 10,000 megawatt hydropower project, the countrys need for human resources will increase tremendously for which the training centre and the centre of excellence will conform to its need, he added.General graduates and graduates of VTI, college of science and technology with general backgrounds will be trained on practical specific skills and will be later recruited as technicians and engineers. The cost of the project, trainers required and the timeframe for the project will be determined after a feasibility study that will soon be undertaken. Dasho Bharat Tamang said the initiative would also increase the countrys overall economy of sc! ale as w e will no more be importing technical expatriate workers and equipment.By Nidup Gyeltshen

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