Katya B Naidu / Mumbai April 03, 2010, 0:58 IST

The Ministry of Power is looking to clear swiftly coal linkages for projects based on supercritical technology, said sources.

According to top officials in the government, supercritical power projects would get linkages to coal mines on a priority basis, compared to projects based on sub-critical technology.

Govt Feels NTPC Should Focus On Other Avenues Such As Wind & Solar Energy

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

PALAKKAD: Palakkad district on Tuesday became the first fully electrified district in the country.

Announcing this, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the government was working on a target of bringing electricity to all villages in the next two years.

PALAKKAD: Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that all the 1.15 lakh villages in the country will be provided electricity by 2012.

Declaring Palakkad as the first total electrified district in the country at a function in Ottappalam near here on Tuesday, the Minister said that 68,000 villages had been electrified so far.

Palakkad in Kerala has become the first fully electrified district of the nation. The Union power minister, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, officially announced this on Tuesday in the presence of the state electricity minister, Mr A.K. Balan. The government had taken out a special package to electrify all the 11 Assembly constituencies in the district, including Malampuzha, which elected the CM, Mr V.S.

PALAKKAD: Palakkad will be marked on the country

New Model Will Help The Producers Sell Electricity To Most

The Chandrapur Thermal Power Station (CTPS), which was closed down in 1999, will be revived in joint venture within the next two years and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) and a consortium of three private companies in presence of Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi today.