FINANCE DEPARTMENT


	TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY EXTRAORDINARY

No. 346] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2018 Purattasi 23, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu – 2049

Part II—Section 2

Notiﬁcations or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

(Salaries)

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE TAMIL NADU TRANSPARENCY IN TENDERS ACT.

[G.O. Ms. No.334, Finance (Salaries), 9th October 2018, Purattasi 23, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu -2049.]

No. II(2)/FIN/369(b)/2018.

W(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3482)(cid:3469)(cid:3465)(cid:3483), the Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) has stated that at present the Coal Stock at TANGEDCO's thermal power stations is very critical and that the supply of Indigenous coal from Coal India limited and its subsidiaries is very less;

A(cid:3478)(cid:3468) W(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3482)(cid:3469)(cid:3465)(cid:3483), the coal stock available at the three loading ports, namely Haldia, Paradip and Vizag is only 1.55 LT and that the movement of Indian coal is futher reduced at times when there is heavy rainfall, ﬂ ood or cyclonic weather conditions;

A(cid:3478)(cid:3468) W(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3482)(cid:3469)(cid:3465)(cid:3483), the vessels programmed to load at the Paradip port have failed to load due to cyclone and that the condition at Haldia port is that it is also water logged due to heavy rain and loading/unloading of coal from wagons and movement of vessels are aﬀected and that in the previous years normally wind generation will be at its full swing between April and October 2018, but this year 2018-19, wind generation has reduced during September 2018 itself;

A(cid:3478)(cid:3468) W(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3482)(cid:3469)(cid:3465)(cid:3483), in this situation, thermal generation is vital to keep the power supply situation stable in the State and in view of the above, the Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) has requested for granting exemption from the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 1998) for procurement of imported Steam coal from M/s. Yasin Impex India Pvt. Limited, Sree Rayalseema Hi-strength Hypo Limited, and Adani Enterprises Limited, by invoking clause (a) of Section 16 ofthe said Act, in order to ensure sustained operation of the thermal power stations of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited; II-2 Ex. (346) [ 1 ] 2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY N(cid:3479)(cid:3487) T(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3482)(cid:3469)(cid:3470)(cid:3479)(cid:3482)(cid:3469), in pursuance of the orders issued in G.O.(Ms).No.68, Energy (B1) Department, dated: 01.10.2018 and under clause (a) of Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 1998), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby declares the above said situation as an emergency and exempts form the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 of the said Act, the procurement of imported Steam coal from -

(1) M/s. Yasin impex India Private Limited Quantity - 40000 MT

(2) Sree Rayalseema Hi-strength Hypo Limited Quantity - 35000 MT

(3) Adani Enterprises Limited Quantity - 35000 MT

by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited.

K. SHANMUGAM, Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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