Mumbai: NTPC has decided to relocate the 1,600 MW coal based project at Gajmara in Odisha to Gadarwara in Madhya Pradesh, due to delay in land and environmental clearances. The company had earlier planned to shed an investment of Rs11,000 over the said project.
“We have pulled out of the project…There was delay in land acquisition, problems of environment and forest clearance. We have shifted the Gajmara project to Gadarwara,” informed a senior NTPC official.
NTPC currently operates two thermal power plants Talcher Kaniha (3,000 MW) and Talcher (460 MW) in Odisha.
The company proposes to set up another thermal power project at Darlipalli, which is also facing problems on the equipment front. The project, which would be located at the Sundargarh District of the state, shall get coal from Dulanga Mine and water from Hirakud Reservoir.
EPC World News Bureau
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