Hooda seeks coal linkage for Hisar power project

Chandigarh, Jan 10 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has urged the Central government to award coal linkage to Haryana for setting up the 1,000/1,200 MW coal based Thermal Power Project at Hisar.

The Chief Minister, who called on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi last evening, informed him that the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) was setting up this project, official sources said here today.

The state government had agreed to contribute 20 per cent of the project cost by way of equity and the remaining 80 per cent was proposed to be raised through loan from Power Finance Corporation, Regulatory Electricity Commissioner and National Capital Region Planning Board.

He also informed the Prime Minister that the Union Power Ministry had included this project for implementation during the 11th Plan Period and it had recently been granted Mega Project status. The two units of this fast track project were scheduled for commissioning within 35 and 38 months from the date of award.

Mr Hooda said the Union Power Ministry had already recommended allocation of coal linkage of 5.83 million tonnes per annum for this project to the Union Ministry of Coal.

He said he had also requested the Union Power Minister for expediting the coal linkage.

UNI