Sasan power project's 4th unit in MP starts generation

Power generation from the fifth and the sixth to start soon

Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : May 28 2014 | 7:05 PM IST
The power generation at the fourth unit of the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh has started.

The generation at the fourth unit started yesterday with Madhya Pradesh getting 250 MW as its share, Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited's Managing Director Manu Shrivastava said in a release here.

The total capacity of Sasan UMPP is 3,960 MW.

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A total of six units, of which four are already commissioned, are being set up in the plant.

The generation from the fifth and the sixth unit too will start soon.

The state at present gets 1,000 MW power from UMPP; in the near future it will get an additional 500 MW from the project.

The state is getting the power from the Sasan UMPP at the rate of 70 paise per unit, the release added.
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First Published: May 28 2014 | 6:47 PM IST

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