Industry & Economy
Fuel linkages to 11 thermal projects
New Delhi, March 5

The Coal Minister, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, today approved a grant of fuel linkages to 11 new thermal power projects of NTPC and Damodar Valley Corporation. The projects located in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Maharashtra would add up to the capacity of 7260 MW and also supply power to the National Grid for achieving the Twelfth Plan target. The 11 units include nine units of NTPC's power plants at Nabinagar in Bihar (3 units of 660 MW each), Meja in Uttar Pradesh (two units of 660 MW each), Solapur (2 units of 660 MW each) and Mouda (two units of 660 MW) in Maharashtra and two units of Damodar Valley Corporation's Raghunathpur plant in West Bengal. — Our Bureau