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NTPC’s North Karanpura project cleared, no relocation
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Em News Bureau
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Friday, March 15, 2013, 11:10 Hrs [IST] |
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The Cabinet Committee on Investment
recently cleared NTPC’s North
Karanpura project that was languishing for
clearances for over a decade. Located in
Jharkhand, the foundation stone of this
project was laid ten years ago but the
project was dogged by a tussle between
NTPC and Coal India Ltd over coal linkages.
Estimated to cost over Rs.14,000 crore
the North Karanpura project will now have
three supercritical power units of 660-mw
each. This would be NTPC’s first project in
coal-rich Jharkhand.
The North Karanpura project is located
near Tandwa town in Chhatra district. Coal
India (CIL) argued that the project location
bore 6 billion tonnes of coal reserves and
hence demanded project relocation. CIL
even withdrew linkages to the project in
2008. Now, the CCI has decided to restore
coal linkages to the project with supplies
expected to begin in the XIII Plan period.
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