RITES ltd—the public sector Engineering Consultancy company specialising in the domain of transport infrastructure development will soon commence work for building ‘in-plant’ yard infrastructure for the Railways in the proposed plant site of NTPC ltd’s upcoming 3x800 MW super thermal power project at lara in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.
The coal requirement for the proposed plant would be met from Talaipalli Coal Block of Mand in Raigarh Coalfields, officials stated.
The proposed work to be taken up by RITES at the plant site would comprise construction of major and minor bridges besides other works. The project is expected to be completed within 18 months from the date of commencement of the construction work, officials stated.
Significantly, NTPC the largest power utility of the country recorded highest single day generation of 733.12 MUs, the highest so far in this Financial Year from its 18 coal based, 7 gas based, 8 solar and Hydro power stations on August 27, 2015. The Declared Cumulative Capability of the stations was 91.10 % and Plant load factor ( PlF) of 86.34 % on the day.
During financial year 2014-15, NTPC Group contributed 25% of total electricity generated in India with 16% share of Country’s total installed capacity as on 31.03.2015.
NTPC recorded Gross generation of 241.261 BUs (stand-alone) in FY 2014-15 registering a growth of 3.42%. Plant load Factor (PlF) of NTPC’s coal stations was 80.23% against national average of 64.46%. Two stations recorded more than 90% PlF. All NTPC stations achieved Plant Availability of or above 83%. Four coal stations of NTPC featured among the top 10 stations of the Country in terms of PlF in FY 2014-15.
The Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding each with the states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for critical coal connectivity projects to improve transportation of coal, officials informed.
Coal production in Chhattisgarh stood at 115.19 million tonnes (MT) during 2014-15 ( provisional), officials stated.
This was in comparison to 110.14 million tonnes (actual) coal produced in the State during the previous year.
The State had already produced 27.857 million tonnes of coal during the period April to June 2015 (provisional), officials stated.
As per Annual Plan document 2015-16 of Union Ministry of Coal, the annual target for overall coal production for 2015-16 has been fixed at 700 million tonnes. As action plan has also been drawn by Coal India ltd. in this regard to achieve production of 1000 Million tonnes by 2019-20, officials stated. Agreement for World Bank loan of US $ 1100 million for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) (Phase-2) have also been signed, officials stated.