land acquisition for the National Thermal Power Corporation’s super thermal project at Darlipali in Sundargarh has reached final stages with receiving possession certificates for 1,205 acres out of the required 1,274 acres of private land.
This was informed by Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia in a reply in Rajya Sabha. Scindia further informed that out of 338.97 acres of Government land required for the project, the NTPC has released payment for 275 acres to the State Government while transfer of Govt land is under process of approval of the State Govt.
The NTPC has plans to invest Rs 12,850 crore for the super thermal project. The State Government would get half of the electricity generated at the plant, for which the coal linkage has been assured. The 1,600-MW plant would be fed by the Dulanga coalmine allotted to the company and water would be provided from the Hirakud reservoir. The NTPC, at present, has two projects in Odisha, the Talcher Thermal (460 MW) and Talcher Kaniha (3,000 MW). It has plans to complete the Darlipali project in four years after land acquisition.