NLC to scrap 4,000 MW Tamil Nadu coal project, bags new blocks in Odisha

The development comes after it wins 20 MTPA coal mining capacity in Odisha

In the wake of cheaper and environmental-friendly coal blocks allotment in Odisha, Neyveli Lignite Corporation India (NLC) has decided to scrap its 4,000 megawatts (MW) coal-based thermal power plant at Sirkali, Tamil Nadu.

The Navaratna company, which comes under the coal ministry, had earlier received administrative sanction to acquire 1,190.59 hectares of land issued by Tamil Nadu government for the thermal power plant at Sirkali, Nagapattinam district. The project was conceived in 2010 and a power purchase agreement was signed in 2011.

However, the company has received an allotment of Talabira II and III coal blocks of 20 million tonnes