THE country

Despite NTPC chairman R S Sharma

Nevin John / Mumbai August 4, 2009, 0:44 IST

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has blamed the Congress and its rule in the country after Independence responsible for the pathetic condition of the state and poor condition of power generation.

ANGUL: Power generation at the 3000-MW NTPC power plant at Kaniha has been hit due to coal crisis even as Mahanadi Coalfields Limited claimed to have supplied 99 per cent of coal demand of the plant in the current month.

The power plant, second biggest in India, provides power to 17 states, including four southern states.

The power ministry has told the oil ministry that the quantity of gas earmarked for NTPC from Reliance Industries Ltd

The first unit expected to go on stream by October 2010

A GREAT EFFORT: A boiler drum that was erected at Vallur Thermal power project in Chennai on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: The lifting and erection of a 216-tonne boiler drum at a height of 72 metres by BHEL marked the crossing of the first milestone for the 1,500-MW Vallur Thermal Power project on Tuesday.

HYDERABAD: NTPC is planning to add a capacity of over 6,000 MW in the southern region in the coming years.

NTPC, the country

State-run trading firm MMTC Ltd will import 12.5 million tonnes of coal this fiscal for the country