The State Government aims at completing disbursement of compensation for private land acquired for the first ultra mega power project (UMPP) by the end of this month, official sources said here on Friday.
The State Government has set up the Odisha Integrated Power ltd (OIPl), a fully-owned subsidiary of the Power Finance Corporation (PFC), to set up the proposed UMPP at Bhedabahal in Sundargarh district. The OIPl is the special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed for implementing the UMPP. The project required acquisition of 2,733.54 acres of land to set up a 1,300-MW (600x2) thermal power plant.
Till December 19, compensation of Rs 125 crore has been disbursed, the sources said. The Sundergarh district administration has been processing 36 cases of alienation of non-forest, Government lands measuring 512.43 acres. A steering committee of the State Government headed by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra on Friday reviewed the progress of different power projects, including the UMPP.
The committee also took stock of the status of a 1,600-MW super power project proposed by the NTPC at Darlipalli in Sundargarh district and the 1320-MW (660x2) expansion plan of the Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC). land acquisition for the Darlipalli project is 95 per cent complete. Nearly 80 per cent of land has also been acquired for the Dulanga coalmine allocated to the NTPC for the power project, according to Energy Secretary PK Jena.