Chief minister Jagadish Shettar has written to Union power minister to consider setting a UMPP in Karnataka

Karnataka has sought to push the Centre to set up an Ultra Mega Power Project ( UMPP) in the coastal Dakshina Kannada district. In a letter to Union Minister of State for Power, Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar noted that a team of officers visited four potential sites identified by Central Mine Planning & Design Institute (CMPDI) for setting up thermal power plants in coastal region of the state last year.