Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh has directed the concerned officials to expedite the investment approval for the Buxar Thermal Power Project at the earliest so that foundation stone laying ceremony can take place by January, 2019. He was chairing a review meeting of the progress of the 1320 MW project recently. The project already has all tie-ups in place. The meeting was attended by representatives from SJVN, NITI Aayog, Department of Expenditure, Central Electricity Authority and Government of Bihar. The Project is estimated to cost over Rs 10,000 crore. The project is being executed by SJVN.
Different aspects of the projects were discussed at the meeting. Chairman of SJVNL informed that they have all the clearances, i.e. environment clearance, chimney height clearance, land for main plant, coal linkage, water availability and the project can go ahead in plug and play mode.
Principal Secretary (Energy from Government of Bihar stated that Bihar will take not less than 85 per cent power from the project as Bihar has seen a growth in power demand of 15 per cent in the recent years. Bihar has shown tremendous growth in electricity consumption, as the per capita consumption of Bihar has grown from 145 units in 2012-13 to 360 units in 2017-18.
