The Cabinet Committee on Investment has cleared the proposal of the Ministry of Power for setting up of the North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Plant (NKSTPP) (3 x 660 MW) by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the vicinity of Tandwa town, district Chatra in Jharkhand. Safeguards according to the recommendation of the Chaturvedi Committee and accepted by the Group of Ministers (GoM) under the chairmanship of Finance Minister will apply.
The Cabinet Committee on Investment also agreed to restore the original coal linkage for the project. The coal supply would be made available in the 13th Plan.
The project to be set up by NTPC will be on a pit-head with environment friendly super-critical technology. The power will be generated by NTPC for about 35 years of plant life.
Execution of the project would lead to generation of 1980 MW of power. This is the first project of NTPC in Jharkhand which will benefit the state and people of Jharkhand where about 26 percent of the population is tribal.
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