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NTPC to start production at six coal blocks by 2017

Date: 07-05-2013

NTPC, the power major aims to start production at its six coal blocks by 2017 and to secure an additional 40 million tonne of captive coal. The six coal blocks are Pakri Barwadih, Chatti-Bariatu, Kerandari, and Chatti-Bariatu (South) in Jharkhand; Tallaipali in Andhra and Dulanga in Odisha.

The state run firm will commission the Kol Dam hydel project in this fiscal. It is also establishing 50 mw solar plant at Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh, 5 mw at Faridabad in Harayana, 10 mw at Talcher in Odisha, 10 mw at Unchahar and 25 mw at Singrauli in UP and 25 mw in Ramagundam.