State-run BHEL today said it has bagged a Rs 1,000-crore contract for supplying equipment

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to a hydro power project in Bhutan.

BHEL has secured a Rs 1,016-crore contract from Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority, Bhutan for the electro-mechanical equipment package for a 1,200 MW (6x200 MW) hydroelectric project, a company statement said today.

The order envisages manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the electro-mechanical equipment for the 1,200-MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric project, it said.

The project is being set-up under a bilateral agreement between the Government of India, and the Royal Government of Bhutan.