Hyderabad, July 14
In a clash reminiscent of Nandigram tragedy, three persons were killed today when the police fired on a violent mob protesting against a thermal power project in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.

The Koderma Thermal Power Project (KTPP), which was supposed to contribute to the power supply for the Common Wealth Games has failed to take off on account of land acquisition problems. Set up to supply 500 MW of power to Delhi, the projects

The state government is negotiating with power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to finally commission Punjab

STATE-OWNED NTPC on Thursday said that it would set up a 1,320 MW coal-based thermal power project in Gujarat. The state government of Gujarat has given clearance for setting up the project on the surplus land at the existing Dhuvaran plant of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, the company said.

Gandhinagar: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday announced setting up of 1,320 MW of coal-based power plant at a surplus piece of land next to the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSEC)-run power plant at Dhuvaran.

Indronil Roychowdhury

Kolkata: Acute coal shortage in 32 coal-fired power stations is a clear indications of massive power cuts across the country in the coming 15 days. According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) findings, 17 thermal power stations have coal supply for less than 7 days while 15 others can be run for only 4 days.

Virendra Pandit

After investing nearly Rs 16,000 crore in its upcoming 4,620 MW coal-fired thermal power plant at Mundra, the Adani Group is now considering setting up yet another 4,000 MW coal-fired plant in the vicinity of the existing one in Gujarat's Kutch district.

Categorising coalfields will cause shortfall: Jaiswal to Jairam

Priyadarshi Siddhanta

Categorisation of coalfields into

Due to monsoon rains in the state during the last two days, the power demand has come down to 5000 megawatts from 5800 megawatts. At present, 4200 megawatt power is available to meet the demand.

Generally, 'Nav Tapa' (the 9 hottest days) ends on 4th or 5th June and by June 10 the monsoon enters the state. But, this year, monsoon is yet to come. Looking into the delay of monsoon the energy department, anticipating such a situation three months ago, had instructed the Madhya Pradesh Power Trading Company and Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company to prepare disaster management work plan.