Just before the official tour of PM Narendra Modi to Talcher on September 22 for visiting the defunct FCI Talcher unit, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the plant recently.
Pradhan joined in a high level meeting held here regarding preparedness for the Prime Minister’s visit. PM Modi would lay foundation stone at for revival of the fertilizer plant through coal gasification technology, which will be a joint venture of the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), the Rastriya Chemical Fertilizers (RCF), the Coal India Limited (CIL) and the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) at a cost of Rs 13,000 crore.
The plant will produce urea and ammonia fertiliser from coal gasification. On the same day, PM Modi will also lay foundation stone for an expansion project of NTPC / Talcher Thermal Power Project at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore. The new project will produce 1,300 MW power.
Both the project work will commence from October, this year, Pradhan told. Top authorities of GAIL, CIL,RCF, FCIL and NTPC along with DIG Narasingh Bhol, Angul Collector Anil Samal, SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra, former MP Rudranarayan Pani, BJP State secretary Kalandi Samal and many State and Central Government officials were present.