New Delhi, August 12: The Union Minister for Power SushilKumar Shinde today launched "Hydropowernet", a web based Management Information System (MIS) of the Ministry, in a function in New Delhi. Hydropowernet, an outcome of efforts put in by a dedicated team over the last one and a half years is a web based application conceptualized and operationalised by the Ministry of Power, for on-line monitoring of Hydro Power Projects and provides a platform for data sharing between various Hydro Utilities, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Ministry of Power (MOP). All major organisations which facilitate hydropower development and execution in the central sector have been integrated in the Hydropower-net namely MOP, CEA and Central Hydro Utilities viz. NHPC, SJVNL, BBMB, NTPC, NEEPCO, DVC. This web based application has been hosted at http://hydropowernet.gov.in on the storage Area Network of National Informatics Centre (NIC) for round the clock secured access with application level security through passwords. Hydropower-net has remote data updation facility for all the Central Hydro Power Utilities from the remote project sites itself and most of the data is made available on-line directly from the project site itself. In addition to on-line availability of extensive drilldown data on project construction activities, data is also available on generation, outages, collection of dues etc. for the Hydro stations in operations. The available information acts as a valuable Management Information Tool (MIS) and also provides inputs for informed decision making.
