Minister reviews power projects; sets deadline for completion

Bihar's Energy Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav today reviewed the progress of the work of two power projects at Nabinagar in Aurangabad and Kanti in Muzaffarpur district and asked the concerned agencies to expedite the work to start generation in this year itself.
Yadav, who made an on-the-spot inspection of both projects at Kanti and Nabinagar along with top officials, asked NTPC officials and Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Ltd (KBUNL), Muzaffarpur to expedite the work and start power generation from both 195 MW each unit at Kanti from February and March this year.
The minister directed the officials to start generation from unit-III (195 MW) by the end of February itself and unit-IV (195 MW) by the end of next month i.E. March, an official release said.

Bharat Heavy Electrical Engineering Ltd (BHEL), one of the largest engineering and manufacturing companies which manufacture power plant equipment, is constructing two units of 195 MW under expansion project at Muzaffarpur's Kanti.
The project is being developed as a joint venture of NTPC and Bihar State Power Generation Company Ltd (BSPGCL).
Bihar will get 261 MW (67 per cent) from KBUNL's expansion project under which two units of 195 MW are being constructed at Kanti in Muzaffarpur district.

During his inspection visit to Nabinagar power project in Aurangabad district, the minister aksed the NTPC and NPGCL, a JV of Bihar government with NTPC, to expedite and complete the first unit of 660 MW either by August 15, 2017 or even earlier, the release said.

NPGCL- a joint venture firm between NTPC and Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Ltd- is in the process of developing a 3300 MW power project (5X660 MW) near village Majhiyan and Ankorha railway station in Aurangabad.
The Centre later gave its in-principle nod for setting up a sixth unit of 660 MW taking the total project capacity to generate 3960 MW.
Three units, each of 660 MW, would be set up in two phases of the project i.E. Stage-I and Stage-II.
The state would get 85 per cent of share i.E. Bihar share will be 1373 MW of the total 1980 MW from Stage-I of Nabinagar power project.