Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy Dedicated Infrastructure Projects and Flagged off Defence Equipment at BHEL Haridwar, Uttarakhand
In March 2026, Union Minister Haradanahalli Devegowda (H. D.) Kumaraswamy, Ministry of Steel (MoS) and Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), visited the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) manufacturing facility in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, where he dedicated key infrastructure projects and flagged off advanced indigenous industrial, defence and power equipment.
Key Launches:
Solar Plant: Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy, dedicated a 5 Megawatt (MW) Ground Mounted Solar Power Plant (GMSPP).
Furnace: A 30-ton Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) was inaugurated to strengthen domestic metallurgical manufacturing.
Defence: Upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) flagged off for the Indian Navy (IN).
Turbo Generator(TG): The dispatch of a large TG manufactured at the BHEL Haridwar facility was also flagged off.