The Power Minister said that the power tariff will not be hiked in near future. We do not want to burden people. Though Escoms have filed tariff revision applications before KERC, the Government will not approve any hike, he stated.

B. S. Satish Kumar

The corporation is said to be seeking 2,700 acres for project

Earlier, the NTPC had shown interest in setting up only a 2,000 MW plant

NTPC officials are said to be happy with the proposed site

Dr G.S. Dhillon

A recent report datelined Bathinda, filed by TNS correspondent S.P. Sharma appeared in The Tribune dated October 31 describing the situation at Bathinda City:

Patiala: The Punjab State Electricity board today asked the Punjab Government to renegotiate the price for its Rajpura thermal power plant with the lone bidder, Lanco Infratech.

Visakhapatnam, Dec. 16: Two environmental organisations said the proposed thermal projects coming up in the state would cause serious environmental hazard to the coastline in the state affecting the air, ground and the sea.

Notwithstanding yesterday

The state government today said Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and thermal power plants in the Damodar Valley are the biggest contributors to the polluted Damodar and asked them to clean-up their act.

CHANDIGARH: The Panipat Thermal Power Station-2 (PTPS-2) of the Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) has again broken all previous records by achieving a record generation of 230.22 lakh units of power at a plant load factor (PLF) of 104.27 per cent in a single day on November 26, which is the highest ever since its commissioning.