In view of the growing demand for power in the State with the introduction of 24/7 power supply to farmers from March next, Telangana Chief Minister l Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday directed the officials to speed up the ongoing consort of power plants in the State.
While handing over the cheque of Rs 417.16 crore to the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals ltd Atul Sobti towards the works of 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plant at Damaracharla in Yadadri district, the Chief Minister said that the project should be competed in three years as the mew will be a substantial increase in demand for power in the coming years. The project was estimated to cost Rs 20,379 crore.
The Chief Minister said that the work on the project was awarded to the pubic sector company BHEl to ensure transparency and timely completion. Pointing out that the land was acquired and all the permissions including the environmental clearance were granted and it was for the BHEl to complete the work on time while ensuring the high quality standards.
State Minister for power Jagdishwar Reddy and top officials of energy department and power companies were present on the occasion.
“We have decided to give 24-hour power supply to farmers from the next March. Construction on the lift Irrigation Schemes is going on. There are several new industries are coming up. Needs for power in other sectors is also growing up. In Telangana state by next year, there will be an additional need for 3,500 MWs. Keeping in this we have embarked upon major power plants construction. Of all the plants, Yadadri plant is very important. Work on the 5 x 800 MW plants should be taken up simultaneously and parallelly. Complete the works in three years,” the CM asked the officials.
Officials informed KCR that the works on the 800MW Kothagudem plant will be completed in two or three months while Manuguru plant will be completed by the coming year. The CM wanted all arrangements should be made for the supply of 24-hour power to the farmers. Keeping in view the requirements for the lift Irrigation Schemes, Industries, Mission Bhagiratha, Metro Rail project and other projects, planning should be done, the CM said.