10-05-2017, 04:51 PM
BHEL, Ranipur is a city in the district of Haridwar in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the municipality developed by the public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
The city was built in the early 1960s, around the Ranipur plant of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) part of the Nehruvian dream of "temples of modern India". It was developed with Russian and Czech technological collaboration, at the top of the Indo-Soviet association. In a major move in 1962, India signed an agreement with the Soviet Union for the supply of Rs. 23 crores worth of equipment from Heavy Electrical Equipment Plants. In the following years, considering the need for more advanced technology, it partnered with Siemens AG of Germany for the production of high-capacity steam turbines and generators. In 1999, the Ranipur plant reached a turnover of Rs 1100 crore, which reached Rs 2,658 crore for 2007-08. The HEEP plant had more than 7,500 employees.
Today BHEL is one of the seven largest public sector companies in India or PSU, known as the Maharatnas or "The Seven Jewels". The ancient village of Ranipur still exists on the edge of the township, right at the entrance of Rajaji National Park. As the city developed, schools eventually over 17 and basic infrastructure including roads, hospitals and community recreation centers was launched. Soon the auxiliaries came around the township in the surrounding area, led to the economic development of the Jwalapur, and the main city of Haridwar itself, which until then survived mostly in tourism.
BHEL Haridwar has a campus of 28,000 km², of which 2,034 acres (8.23 km2) are inhabited by 200 companies and many more in the nearby SIDCUL (Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand) industrial area. The Integrated Industrial Heritage of SIDCUL was an attractive proposal promoted by the government of Uttarakhand whereby several financial incentives such as the Central of Special Taxes (100% for 10 years), Income Tax (100% for 5 years) et al. It is being granted. BHEL The Haridwar plant consists of two plants: HEEP (Heavy Electrical Equipment Plant) and CFFP (Central Foundry & Forge Plant). CFFP has one of the heaviest forging machines in India.
With Haridwar becoming a district headquarters in 1998, saw new offices were established near the township in the areas surrounding Roshanabad, especially after the formation of Uttarakhand state in 2000