Friday, December 12, 2008

Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power project -Jharli


Jharli (Jhajjar), December 12 – Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that the first unit of 500 M.watt of the 1500 M.Watt Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power project will commence power generation by JUNE 2010, three months before the schedule date of commissioning. The CM was talking to media persons after Erection and Positioning of Boiler Drum unit.
He said that this project would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 8000 crore and Rs 1352 had already been spent on the construction activities. The government has decided to supply round the clock power supply to the consumers within a radius of 10 kms around the plant and about 40 villages would be benefited by this decision, he said and added that the Central government had sanctioned Rs 4.2 crore for strengthening of distribution network of these villages.
The Chief Minister announced a number of incentives for the residents four villages- Jharli, Goria, Mohanbari and Khanpur khurd which included streamlining of the water supply system, hourly bus service for Jhajjar, free dispensary for the senior citizens of the villages, remodeling of water course, opening of a new ITI and adoption of another ITI for proving technical trainings to the youths of the villages.
The CM said that when the government took over the command in the state, it was decided to commission one power generating unit every year and the 600 M.Watt unit of Yamunanagar had started generating power in 2008. Other power generating plant at Khedar would commence power generation in September 2009 and the proposed power generating unit in private sector at Jharli would also commence power generation in 2011, he added.
The CM informed that the Atomic Energy Commission had accorded permission for setting up an Atomic power plant at Kumahrian in Fatehabad district after carrying out the site inspection . " Haryana perhaps will be the first state in the country to set up an Atomic power plant in the future," he added
The haryana Power Minister, Randeep Singh Surjewala, MP Rohtak, Deepender Hooda, HPCC Spokesperson, Ved Prakash Vidrohi, Union Power Secretary, Anil Razdan, Principal Secretary to CM, M.L.Tayal, Power Secretary Haryana Ashok Lawasa and senior officers of the Aravali Power Company Private Ltd, a joint venture of NTPC, HPGCL and IPGCL.

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