Delay In Completion Of Power Projects

MINISTRY OF POWER  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 1373  ANSWERED ON 22.11.2010 Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state :- (a) whether it is a fact that all the power plants including Bawana Power Project had been delayed and could not meet the Commonwealth Games` October, 2010 deadline; (b) if so, the reasons therefor; (c) whether Government has taken any action against the concerned officials for not meeting the deadlines; and (d) the details of losses suffered by Government due to these delays? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE ) (a) & (b) : The following projects were identified for commissioning before the Commonwealth Games to meet the increased demand of power during the Commonwealth Games : a) NCTPP Dadri-II Expn., NTPC in UP. b) Indira Gandhi STPP, JV of NTPC, HPGCL & IPGCL in Haryana. c) Koderma TPP, DVC in Jharkhand. d) Mejia TPS Ph-II, DVC in West Bengal. e) Durgapur Steel TPP, DVC in West Bengal. f) Pragati-III ,1500 MW CCP project , PPCL in Delhi. Out of the above, NCTPP Dadri U-5 and 6 and Mejia TPS Ph-II U-1 were commissioned before the start of the Commonwealth Games. Out of the remaining projects one gas turbine of PPCL GT-I (250 MW) and Unit – I of Indira Gandhi STPP (500 MW) were commissioned on 24.10.2010 and 31.10.2010 respectively. The other projects are at different stages of construction. Their likely date of commissioning and reasons for delay are given in Annex. (c) & (d) : Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.  Twitter Link To This Post Facebook Link To This Post YS Chowdary Facebook YS Chowdary Twitter YS Chowdary Blog YS Chowdary Wikipedia