Working Meeting with the Emergency Management Agency
AGL conducted a working meeting with the representatives of the Supervision Department under the Emergency Management Agency of Georgia and the Civil Safety Service Agency. The purpose of the meeting was to inform about the safety measures implemented by the company for the commissioning of the power plant.
The Company representatives provided information about the Project, operational safety, pre-commissioning awareness-raising activity for local communities. The Emergency Management Agency informed the Company representatives about the existing national legislation about the exploitation of the power plant and fire safety measures to be implemented by the Company.
Prashant Joshi, the CEO of Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, attended the International Hydropower Forum at the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi today. Participants on the forum discussed challenges and emerging perspectives in the hydropower development sector.
AGL commenced commissioning/operations safety meetings with communities residing within the project impact area. The first meeting was conducted with the employees of the Shuakhevi Municipality City Hall. AGL representatives provided information about the safety measures nearby the dams, reservoirs, and power plants, explained banning and warning safety signage which will be placed downstream of the dam near the riverbed. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session where AGL representatives provided detailed responses to the queries raised by the attendees.
Interview with Prashant Joshi – CEO of “Adjaristsqali Georgia”
Construction is nearly complete on the Shuakhevi Hydropower Plant (HPP), which will soon begin testing and commercial operation. Test operation at the 9 MW Skhalta HPP is planned for the end of November 2019. The main 178 MW Shuakhevi HPP will go into operation at 50% capacity at the beginning of 2020. Both plants will be fully operational by the spring of 2020.
Within the “April Cool” campaign, on April 1 Adjaristsqali Georgia team planted trees on Zamleti Spoil Disposal Area. In particular, the Company representatives planted forty saplings of Oak and Walnut trees. The purpose of the event was to support the restoration of the forest and the construction site.
On March 4 a Fire Safety Training was conducted at Shuakhevi HPP which consisted of theoretical as well as practical parts. Representatives of the Company Ltd “Fire Safety and Service” provided information to operational team as well as camp security personnel on topics such as management of emergency situations, evacuation of personnel during fire, classification of fire and fire extinguishers, also hydropower ventilation and fire safety systems.
On February 19-20 AGL CEO Mr. Prashant Joshi participated in the 3rd Annual International Congress and Exhibition: Hydropower Caspian and Central Asia 2019 in Tbilisi. The event served as a professional venue for high-level participants to discuss key energy topics and exchange knowledge and experience for hydropower construction and operation in the Caspian and Central Asia region. Mr. Joshi gave presentation about the Social and Environmental Responsibility in the context of HPP construction and operation on example of the Shuakhevi hydropower project. More than 150 guests from different countries attended the Congress.
Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC started awareness raising and informational meetings with school children of the affected communities. On December 21 a meeting was held in Didachara Public School, Khulo. AGL team talked about Composting – an organic process that recycles various organic materials otherwise regarded as waste products and produces a soil conditioner (the compost) which is used in organic farming, how to make Compost and the importance of using it. Students of the 9th, 10th and 11th forms attended the meeting.