Much to the discomfort of the consumers already facing frequent power cuts, rising price of coal in the international market, reluctance of state electricity boards (SEBs) to buy costly power generated from imported coal have forced several power companies to cut down their overall electricity generation.

Deepa Jainani

Uttar Pradesh is all set to ride the power wave in the next few years. The Mayawati government has been able to achieve a complete turnaround for the sickly power sector in the state.

LUCKNOW: A day after it entered into an agreement with a private company for setting up a 1,980 Mw thermal power plant at Bargarh in Chitrakoot district, department of energy, on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with another private company for setting up a thermal power plant in Auraiya district.

Secretary (energy) Navneet Sehgal signed the MoU with Unitech Machines for se

Taking yet another step closer to its target of becoming power surplus, Uttar Pradesh government signed two MoUs with sugar major Bajaj Hindusthan and Parekh Aluminex for the generation of 1,980 mw and 250 mw power in the state on Tuesday.

LUCKNOW: Moving ahead with its renewed power policy to set up thermal power plants in the private sector, the UP government on Tuesday entered into an agreement with Bajaj Hindustan for setting up a 1980 MW thermal power plant at Bargarh in Chitrakoot.

SUGAR COMPANY TO BUILD A SERIES OF PLANTS IN UTTAR PRADESH
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SUGAR major Bajaj Hindusthan has committed 22,500 crore investment in power projects in Uttar Pradesh over the next 4-5 years.
The company on Tuesday entered into an MoU with the UP government to set up a 1,980 MW thermal power plant in Bargarh area of Chitrakoot district.

LUCKNOW: The energy task force (ETF) headed by the chief secretary gave its nod to the establishment of a 1,980 mw power plant in Bargarh (Chitrakoot) on Friday. For this the state government would sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bajaj Hindustan.

The ETF also looked into the possibilities of the project's expansion by adding another 1,980 mw.

Bundelhand continues to be a major bone of contention between the Congress-led UPA at the Centre and the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

With the festive season approaching, in view of rising demand of electricity UP Power Corporation Ltd.

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has given nod to the setting up of a 2,000 mw thermal power project through competitive bidding process along the Yamuna Expressway project between Greater Noida and Bulandshahr.

The state Energy Task Force (ETF) headed by the state chief secretary gave its approval to the project, which was earlier supposed to be set up as a joint venture between the Uttar