Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday said that the foundation for new power plant at Patratu — a joint venture of Jharkhand Government and National Thermal Power Corruption (NTPC) will be laid soon.
During a meeting with NTPC Chairman Gurdeep Singh here on Thursday CM said that the plant will not only fill the energy gap in State but will also be able to supply power to other States. The plant will also help fulfill dream of the Government to make electricity reach all houses of the State by 2019, said the CM.
During the meeting Energy Department Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni said that the 2400 MW plant will have three units of 800 MW each. A total of Rs 18,000 crore would be spent on the setting up of plant out of which NTPC will spend 74 per cent and State Government will spend 26 per cent. Kulkarni said that a joint venture named PVUNl has been formed for the purpose. Three units of 660 MW at North Karnpura were also discussed in the meeting. It was also confirmed that the Chatti-Bariatu and Keredari coal blocks will soon be started.
CS Rajbala Verma, Additional CS Forest Department IS Chaturvedi, Additional CS Water Resources department Sukhdeo Singh, JBVNl MD Rahul Purwar and other senior officials were present in the meeting. Meanwhile, in another meeting with Union Agriculture Secretary SK Patnaik here on given continuous support by the Centre and lots of development works are being carried out in the State in the area. The CM said that the State will take the appeal of PM Narendra Modi for sweet revolution very enthusiastically and will ensure that Jharkhand becomes leading State in it.
Patnaik praised the works of the Government in the field of Agricultural Single Window system in the State alongwith fish production and scheme of granting two cows to women. Development Commissioner Amit Khare and Agriculture Secretary Pooja Singhal were present in the meeting.