October 16: A 1900 kg capacity metal-cutting gas plant, set up at BHEL’s Bhopal unit, was inaugurated today by Dr. A.R. Sihag, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry (DHI), Govt. of India in the presence of Dr. Nalin Shinghal, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL, Mr. Amit Varadan, Joint Secretary, DHI and Mr. D.K. Thakur, Executive Director, BHEL, Bhopal. Other senior officers and employees of BHEL were also present on the occasion. Significantly, this plant, installed at the Gas & Power Plant Division in the unit, is the first industrial set-up for metal cutting in this capacity range.
