 "NTPC unable to plan project without required infrastructure")
"The 500 acres are not sufficient. We are a public sector company and we cannot plan a project without having requisite infrastructure," NTPC chairman and managing director Arup Roychowdhury said here today.
The erstwhile Left Front West Bengal government had acquired 500 acres, but the company sought an additional 500 acres to move ahead with the project.
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There were efforts by the company to acquire land directly with help of government agencies, but it did not appear to have made any headway.
The Mamata Banerjee-led government has made clear that there would be no acquisition of land for any commercial project be it PSU or private.
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