The first unit of National Thermal Power Corporation's Kudgi super thermal power plant in Karnataka's Bijapur district, is set to go on stream within six months. The subsequent units of the 3x800 MW stage one will be commissioned within an interval of six months each.
Fifty per cent of the power from the first stage or about 1,200 MW would be allocated to Karnataka itself .The balance would be accounted for by Andhra Pradesh at 419 MW, Tamil Nadu at 301 MW, Kerala at 120 MW with the unallocated power standing at 360 MW.
Mr R Venkateshwarn, regional ED, south, NTPC, said that the cost of the project is Rs 15,000 crore of which work relating to Rs 6,000 crore has already been undertaken.
Source: The Statesman
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