Two more thermal power plants in Punjab: Badal

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Chandigarh, June 29 (UNI) The Punjab government is pursuing proposals to set up two thermal power plants--- 2000 MW Talwandi Sabo Power Plant at Banawala village in Mansa district and 1200 MW Nabha Power Plant at a site situated in Majhi and Bimbar in Sangrur districts.

Both these plants will be set up on Build, Own and Operate (BOO) basis, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal told the state Vidhan Sabha during Question Hour here today.

Replying to a question by Makhan Singh (Cong), the Chief Minister said the developers for these projects would be selected on the basis of tariff based competitive bidding. The selected developers would be required to sign a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) to provide 100 per cent power generated by them for general consumption in the state.

The bidding for the projects would be completed by January 31 next year, he said.

Another thermal power project of 600 MW is being set up at Goindwal Sahib by GVK Limited, he informed the House. The project has been awarded on the basis of competitive bidding and the work is likely to be started during the current financial year.

In addition, it is also proposed to set up a 75 MW hydel power project (UBDC Stage-III) on Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The developer for this project has been selected on the basis of competitive bidding, he said and added that the power purchase agreement of the developer, Bhilwara Energy, Noida, is currently being examined by the legal experts of PSEB.

Replying to another question, Mr Badal told the assembly that the PSEB had planned to set up a new 66 KV sub-station at village Dallewal in Garashankar sub division of Hoshiarpur district in its annual work plan for the year 2008-09. The work of this sub-station will be completed during the year 2008-09.

UNI

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