26.4.12

UP Power project gets approval

The Union Cabinet has cleared the decks for a 1,980 mw coal-based power plant in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat. Central government’s Mini Ratna, Nayveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLCL) will set 
up the power plant at an investment of Rs 11,088 crore. To be implemented in joint venture with the state the UP Power Corporation Limited, bulk of the power produced will be consumed 
within the state. In 2008, the Mayawati government had invited NLCL to set up the coal-based power project. Identifying the site, however, took over two years with the state government finally allotting over 2,000 hectares of barren, ravine land in Ghatampur, in March 2010. Under the original agreement signed between NLCL, had offered to give 75% of the power produced to the UP government. It will be at least a few more years before UP begins to reap the benefits of the power plant. 

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