MP trying hard to overcome power crises
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh currently suffering from severe power crisis, the state’s power generating company is pressing hard to increase its capacity to meet the growing demands and save the ruling BJP from power blues in upcoming 2013 assembly polls.
Against a peak demand of 7500-8000 MW, the state is generating 2932.5 MW from thermal power plants and 915 MW from the hydel source to meet the requirements while trying to bridge the gap through other sources like the central pool and by purchasing power from other states.
Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL) Chairman and Chief Managing Director (CMD), K M Sajnani said, “We will start generation from two units of 250 MW each from the Satpuda Thermal Power Plant, Sarni and also 2×600 (1200 MW) from the Singaji Thermal Power Plant (Phase-I) in 2012-13 to enhance power generation in the state.”
Besides, State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also announced setting up of a 660 MW unit in place of the existing 62.5X5 (312.5 MW) units in Sarni which was over 40 years old, he said.
The Ministry of Environment and Forest had given conditional clearance to the under-construction 250X2 MW units at Sarni stating that once the generation commences from these units then the company has to dismantle the old five units.
Therefore, the state government has decided to set up another unit of 660 MW at Sarni in place of the old ones.
The proposal and the feasibility report to set up this unit has been sent to the Project Review Committee of the state government which is expected to give its approval soon to the project.
