The lok Sabha member from the Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency, Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retired) VK Singh and Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma jointly inaugurated two 400 kV power stations in Ghaziabad on Saturday.
The district information officer VB Singh said the Union Minister VK Singh who represents Ghaziabad and UP Power Minister Shrikant Sharma commissioned the two power stations from the ground of Shipra Mall, Indirapuram. One 400 kV power station, has been set up in Indirapuram and has a capacity of 2x500 MVA, while the other 400 kV power station is at Ator Nagla, with similar capacity.
Over five lakh people will benefit from the commissioning of these two power stations.
The State Government spent an estimated Rs 900 crore on these two projects. The commissioning of the power stations would give a boost to the Union Government-sponsored Urja Mitra programme and the Rural Feeder Monitoring Scheme, benefiting both rural and urban poor populations, Singh said.