Jaipur, July 18. Chief Minister Mr Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposals of Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for setting up two units of 660Mw capacity each at Chhabra and a unit of 800Mw at Kalisindh in the thermal power project based on ultra supercritical technology.
Expanding the Chhabra
Thermal Power Project, two units based on ultra supercritical technology will
be set up at a cost of Rs 9606.06 crore. Besides this, expanding the Kalisindh
Thermal Power Project, a unit of 800Mw will be set up based on ultra
supercritical technology at a cost of Rs 6054.58 crore.
The State Government
not only wants to make Rajasthan self-reliant in power generation but trying to
make it a power surplus. With the setting up of power projects of a total
2120Mw in Chhabra and Kalisindh, the state will not only move fast towards
becoming self-sufficient in the field of power generation but there will also
be an increase in the employment opportunities and the local area development.
It is to be mentioned
that Mr Gehlot in the 2022-23 budget had announced to set up thermal power
projects based on ultra supercritical technology to save coal, reduce pollution
and conserve the environment.
