NTPC to set up 4000 MW Power Project in Chhattisgarh
NTPC Limited has signed three major MoUs with Chhattisgarh Government for setting up the following:
• 4000 MW Power Project at Lara
• International Institute of Information Technology(IIIT) and
• Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Baloda , Distt Champa-Janjgir
The MoUs were signed in Raipur yesterday in the presence of Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power, Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Shri Bharatsinh Solanki, Minister of State for Power. Shri Motilal Vora, MP(RS), Dr . Charan Das Mahant, MP(LS), Shri Harishankar Brahma, Secretary, Power, Government of India, Shri P.Joy Oommen, Chief Secretary, Govt of Chhattisgarh and Shri R.S Sharma, CMD, NTPC were also present.
The 4000 MW (5 X 800 MW) Lara project would be located near village Lara, District Raigarh. The beneficiaries of this project would be the States/UTs of Western Region and the project is scheduled to be completed during the 12th Plan.
The MoU for 4000 MW Lara project was signed by Shri D.S Misra, Principal Secretary (Energy) on behalf of Chhattisgarh Govt and Shri R.S Sharma, CMD on behalf of NTPC and the MoU for IIIT and ITI was signed by Shri M.K Raut,Principal Secretary(Tech. Education & PWD) on behalf of Chhattisgarh Govt and Shri R.S Sharma,CMD on behalf of NTPC. Shri P.Uma Shankar, CMD (REC), Shri R.C Shrivastav, Director (HR), NTPC,Shri I.J Kapoor, Director(Commercial), NTPC ,Shri S.B Agrawal,Regional Executive Director(West), NTPC , Senior officials from Ministry of Power , Chhattisgarh Government and NTPC were also present in the MoU ceremony.
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The proposed International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) shall be committed to the development of human talent and the availability of IT manpower with special domains. The focus of the activities of the institute may be in the areas of bioinformatics, information and communication technology, Very Large Scale Integration(VLSI) and Embedded Systems, Computer Aided structural engineering etc. IIIT Chhattisgarh shall offer a range of degree programmes as well as Diploma and certificates.
In order to increase employability and ensure availability of Technical Manpower, NTPC in association with Technical Education Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh have proposed to set-up a new Govt ITI at Village Baloda, Distt Champa-Janjgir under Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. The proposed ITI will have provision for Workshop, Administration block, Hostels etc with Solar power as alternative source power and water supply. The area of proposed ITI would be about 10 acres .
With an installed capacity of 30,644 MW, NTPC is India’s largest power generation company with 15 coal based, 7 gas based and 4 JV power stations. With 18.79% of its installed capacity, NTPC contributes around 28.60% of country’s power generation. The company is poised to become a 50,000 MW Company by 2012.
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(Release ID :50200)