Gujarat, Andhra & Orissa May Be Allowed To Go In For Second Ultra Mega Power Project

POWER capacity creation is set to get a boost with some states seeking government

land acquisition hurdles, Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) remains serious about executing the 6,000-mw civilian nuke power project in Haripur in West Bengal.

Pune The Rs 398 crore-pipeline project of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municiapal Corporation (PCMC) from the Pavana dam to Nigdi is facing opposition from villagers over land acquisition. The project was supposed to be completed in two years after its bhoomipoojan, which had taken place on May 1, 2008.

BHUBANESWAR: Ironic as it may sound, problems of encroachment and land grabbing have not spared electrification projects even as a hard-pressed State Government is compelled to resort to load shedding. Electrification of Badagarh-Kesura sub-station, a World Bank-assisted project, is a case in point.

Mumbai: Finally, chief minister Ashok Chavan has something to showcase. The state government has given approval to start work on the world

BHUBANESWAR: While the steel project of Posco is hanging fire due to stiff resistance from the public over land acquisition, the BJP today announced its support to the farmers of Angul and Dhenkanal districts opposing acquisition of agricultural land in the Rengali right canal command area for independent power projects (IPPs).

State land acquisition dilemmas continue to handcuff the progress of new Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP)

The appeals filed by Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power Ltd (RPL) on acquiring land for its proposed Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh hit a roadblock in the Supreme Court today, as one of the judges had apparently heard the case when he was in the Allahabad High Court.

The Supreme Court today issued notices to Reliance Gas Transportation and Infrastructure Ltd, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on the appeals moved by more than 50 land owners of Surat, alleging that the Mukesh Ambani-led company had not paid them adequate compensation for acquisition.

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) of India Limited have formed a joint venture company Barak Power Private Limited (BPPL) to set up a 250MW thermal power plant at Silchar.