Sujay Mehdudia

Union Ministry of Power has identified site in Nagapatinam district

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Power has set in motion the process of conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Nagapatinam district.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Power Bharatsinh Solanki said the Ministry had identified the

The Centre on Thursday said invitation of bids for a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project in Odisha would be deferred for the fourth time on environment issues.

It (bids for Odisha UMPP) will get delayed by about a month or so, Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters in New Delhi.

The last date of submission for bids for the Bedabahal UMPP in Odisha was November 30.

However,

Rallies Support From End-Users As It Seeks Unrestricted Mining

THE coal ministry is reaching out to other ministries to put an end to the exercise of classifying coal fields into

With the differences between coal and environment ministries on

Move Aimed At Preventing Environmental Issues From Derailing Projects

If all goes according to plan, in 2010-11, the country is expected to add 21,441 MW of fresh power projects

Even after a technical committee of the government put in a report stating that the 600MW Loharinag Pala dam can be shut down, the government has been unable to take a call on the hydel project on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand.

New Delhi: In an indictment of ham-handed approach towards infrastructure projects, the World Bank is downgrading the 412mw Rampur hydel plant being constructed in Himachal Pradesh by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, which recently concluded its IPO, on ground of tardy progress and management slack arising from long-pending vacancies on the board.

POWER minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that about 74,000 mw of new generation capacity could be added during the Eleventh Plan period, betraying a lack of clarity in the government on this issue.

The minister had earlier scaled down the capacity addition target to 62,000 mw from 78,577 mw due to delays in starting some projects.

RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI

The ministry of environment