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Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday that the Centre had agreed to allocate 660 MW of electricity generated from its Barh super-thermal power station (Phase-Two) to Bihar. He made this announcement after a two-hour long meeting with Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde at the official residence of the chief minister on Tuesday. |
He said that the minister has agreed to allocate 660 MW of power which is 50 percent of the total generation of power from its Barh plant. Nitish also said that Bihar would get additional 100 MW of power from other sources. According to him Shinde also assured the chief minister about the early allocation of coal linkages and blocks for running coal-based thermal power stations in the state. Nitish also requested Shinde to provide coal linkages on priority basis for the extension unit of Barauni thermal power plant in Begusarai district.
Nitish also asked the Union power ministry to extend all cooperation in making Bihar a self-sufficient state in the power sector. Water resources development minister Vijay K Chaudhary, energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Union energy secretary P Umashankar, chief secretary Navin Kumar, development commissioner A K Sinha, Union joint secretary (energy) I C P Keshari, NTPC CMD Arup Roy Chaudhary, PowerGrid CMD R N Nayak, state energy secretary Ajay K Nayak and BSEB chairman P K Rai, attended the meeting.
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