Lok Sabha Question No. 4421 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: NTPC Units in Tribal and Rural Areas
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4421 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2018

NTPC UNITS IN TRIBAL AND RURAL AREAS

†4421. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the units of the NTPC set up in the tribal and rural areas in the country;

(b) the details of the problems reported in these units during the last three years and the current year; and

(c) the details of the steps taken to have a check on the problems which are arising time and again in these units?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : Details of the units of NTPC set up in tribal and rural areas are attached as Annexure.

(b) & (c) :   No major problem has occurred in operation of these units during the last three years.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO PART (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4421 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.03.2018. ***********

## NTPC Units set up in Tribal area

## A. NTPC owned Thermal Power Projects

|   S. No. | State (District)     | Project    | Fuel Type   | Capacity (MW)                             |
|----------|----------------------|------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Chhattisgarh (Korba) | Korba      | Coal        | 2600                                      |
|        2 | Assam (Kokrajhar)    | Bongaigaon | Coal        | 500 (Remaining 250 MW under construction) |

## NTPC Units set up in Rural areas

## B. NTPC owned Thermal Power Projects

|   Sl. No. | State (District)                  | Project         | Fuel Type   |   Capacity (MW) |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)    | Simhadri        | Coal        |            2000 |
|         2 | Bihar (Bhagalpur)                 | Kahalgaon       | Coal        |            2340 |
|         3 | Bihar (Patna)                     | Barh            | Coal        |            1320 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh (Bilaspur)           | Sipat           | Coal        |            2980 |
|         5 | Gujarat (Bharuch)                 | Jhanor-Gandhar  | Gas         |             657 |
|         6 | Gujarat (Surat)                   | Kawas           | Gas         |             656 |
|         7 | Haryana (Faridabad)               | Faridabad       | Gas         |             432 |
|         8 | Karnataka (Bijapur)               | Kudgi           | Coal        |            2400 |
|         9 | Kerala (Alappuzha)                | Kayamkulam      | Naptha      |             360 |
|        10 | Madhya Pradesh (Singrauli)        | Vindhyachal     | Coal        |            4760 |
|        11 | Maharashtra (Nagpur)              | Mouda           | Coal        |            1660 |
|        12 | Maharashtra (Solapur)             | Solapur         | Coal        |             660 |
|        13 | Odisha (Angul)                    | Talcher-Kaniha  | Coal        |            3000 |
|        14 | Odisha (Angul)                    | Talcher-Thermal | Coal        |             460 |
|        15 | Rajasthan (Baran)                 | Anta            | Gas         |             419 |
|        16 | Telangana (Karimnagar)            | Ramagundam      | Coal        |            2600 |
|        17 | Uttar Pradesh (Ambedkar Nagar)    | Tanda-I         | Coal        |             440 |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh (Auraiya)           | Auraiya         | Gas         |             663 |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar) | Dadri           | Coal        |            1820 |
|        20 | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar) | Dadri           | Gas         |             830 |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh (Raebareli)         | Unchahar        | Coal        |            1050 |
|        22 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Rihand          | Coal        |            3000 |
|        23 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Singrauli       | Coal        |            2000 |
|        24 | West Bengal (Murshidabad)         | Farakka         | Coal        |            2100 |

## C. NTPC owned Hydro Power Projects

| 1.   | Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur)   | Koldam   | 800   |
|------|-------------------------------|----------|-------|

..........2.

## D. NTPC owned Renewable Power Projects

|   Sl. No. | State (District)                  | Project       | Renewable Source   |   Capacity (MW) |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh (Ananthapuramu)    | Ananthapuramu | Solar              |             250 |
|         2 | Gujarat (Rajkot, Amreli)          | Rojmal        | Wind               |              50 |
|         3 | Haryana (Faridabad)               | Faridabad     | Solar              |               5 |
|         4 | Madhya Pradesh (Mandsaur)         | Mandsaur      | Solar              |             250 |
|         5 | Madhya Pradesh (Rajgarh)          | Rajgarh       | Solar              |              50 |
|         6 | Odisha (Angul)                    | Talcher       | Solar              |              10 |
|         7 | Rajasthan (Jodhpur)               | Bhadla        | Solar              |             260 |
|         8 | Telangana (Karim Nagar)           | Ramagundam    | Solar              |              10 |
|         9 | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar) | Dadri         | Solar              |               5 |
|        10 | Uttar Pradesh (Rae Bareli)        | Unchahar      | Solar              |              10 |
|        11 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Singrauli     | Small Hydro        |               8 |
|        12 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Singrauli     | Solar              |              15 |

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