Bhubaneswar: Three private companies have evinced interest to set up 2490-MW thermal power plants at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 crore in Bhdrakh districts, energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak informed the State Assembly here on Tuesday.

Replying to a question during the Question Hour, he said that while L&T has decided to set up 1,680 MW capacity captive thermal power plant at Dhamra f

NEW DELHI: While Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde announced on Monday that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had given the green signal for the 4,000-MW Ultra-Mega Power Project (UMPP) at Bedabahal in Orissa, the clearance has come with a catch.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has extended the bid submission date for the Orissa ultra mega power project by another two months to March 31, with environmental issues relating to the mining of allocated captive coal blocks still being unresolved.

Balasore: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that no village will be in dark and every village of the state will be electrified by the end of 2012 as various schemes have been taken up.

Stating this while inaugurating a 132/33 KV grid sub-station at Basta in the district, he listed out several welfare measures undertaken by the state government for uplift of the poor, distress and und

The ruling BJD and the CPM today assailed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for hiking prices of petrol within a month.
Demanding a rollback, Biju Yuva Janata Dal said the price hike will further fuel the inflationary trend.

While the prices of essential commodities have gone through the roof making the life of people miserable, the Centre has miserably failed control it.
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BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to seek the help of Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) for setting up mini and micro hydel projects for generation of clean and cheap electricity.

A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today.

PARADIP: The House panel on environment expressed dissatisfaction over inability of Paradip Port Trust, IOCL, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd in controlling industrial pollution in the area.

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The 4,000-mw Bedabahal ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Orissa, which has been held up because of want of environmental clearances, may finally see the light of the day with the power and environment ministries expected to work out a compromise formula by end of this week.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha overnment on Monday signed MoUs with three private Independent Power Producer (IPP) companies to set up at least three 1,320-MW each supercritical independent thermal power projects in the state with a total investment of Rs 20,469.60 crore.

The MoUs were signed with KU Projects Private Ltd (KPPL), SPI Ports Private Ltd (SPIPL) and Nagapatnam Power Company Private Ltd (N

PARADIP: On the 6-km stretch of the beach are mounds of waste, leaving locals worried about their health.

The garbage at Kalinga Bali Yatra ground, which concluded last Friday, is an eyesore for onlookers.

The efforts of the municipal administration to clean it notwithstanding, locals are worried about the health hazards they may pose.

The worsening sanitation reflects on the illmaintaine