Lok Sabha Question No. 180 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Ongoing Power Projects
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.180 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021

ONGOING POWER PROJECTS

*180.   SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the ongoing power projects in Bihar especially in Bhagalpur district;

(b) the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under these projects during the last two years;

(c) whether some of these projects are facing huge cost/time overrun and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the  action  taken  by  the  Government  for  timely  completion  of  these projects?

A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.180 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2021 REGARDING ONGOING POWER PROJECTS

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(a) to (c) : The details of under-construction Power Projects in Bihar including expenditure during the last two years & the current year (upto October '21) are furnished  in  the  Annexure.  As  regards  Bhagalpur  district,  there  is  already  an operational  Kahalgaon  Super  Thermal  Power  Plant  of  NTPC  of  2340  MW (4x210 MW and 3x500 MW).

(d) : The  following  action/steps  are  taken  by  the  Ministry  of  Power (MoP)/Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to ensure timely completion of Power Projects:

-  MoP/CEA  monitor  the  progress  of  under-construction  power  projects through frequent site visits and interaction with the developers & other stakeholders. CEA holds review meetings periodically with the developers and other stakeholders to identify and resolve issues critical for commissioning of Projects.
-  Regular  reviews  are  also  undertaken  in  MoP  to  identify  the  constraint areas to facilitate faster resolution of Inter-Ministerial and other outstanding Issues.
-  In  case  of  Central  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  projects  of  the Ministry of Power (MoP), the project implementation parameters/ milestones are incorporated in the annual MoU signed between respective  CPSUs  and  MoP  and  the  same  are  monitored  during  the quarterly  performance  review  meetings  of  CPSUs  and  other  meetings held in MoP/CEA.
-  Various matters related with the project implementation are being taken up  with  State  Government/District  Administration  for  facilitating  the support in resolving the issues to the project implementing agencies.
-  Matters are taken up with the State Government/District Administration for  extending  help  to  the  project  implementing  agencies  in  resolving Right of Way (RoW) issues.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN  REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.180 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2021 REGARDING ONGOING POWER PROJECTS

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| Sl. No.   | Project Name /District                               | Unit/ Capacity     | Original date of Trial Run   | Anticipated Trial Run   | Time over run (Years)   | Expenditure (Rs. in crore)   | Expenditure (Rs. in crore)   | Expenditure (Rs. in crore)      | Original Cost (Rs. in crore)   | Latest Cost (Rs. in crore)   | Cost Overrun (%)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Project Name /District                               | (MW)               |                              |                         |                         | FY 2019-20                   | FY 2020-21                   | FY 2021-22 (Up to October 2021) |                                |                              |                    |
| A         | B                                                    |                    | D                            | E                       | F                       | G                            | H                            | I                               | J                              | K                            | L                  |
| 1         | NTPC - Barh Super Thermal Power Project (STPP)/Patna | C U-2/660 U-3/ 660 | Dec-10 Oct-11 May-18         | Jun-22 Jul-23 Feb-22    | 11.6 11.9               | 1502.5                       | 1123                         | 689.6 608                       | 8693 13624                     | 21312 17304                  | 145.16%            |
| 2         | NTPC- Nabi Nagar                                     |                    |                              |                         | 3.9                     | 1373.2                       | 1249                         |                                 |                                |                              | 27.01%             |
|           |                                                      | U-3/ 660           |                              |                         |                         |                              |                              |                                 |                                |                              |                    |
|           | STPP / Aurangabad                                    |                    |                              |                         |                         |                              |                              |                                 |                                |                              |                    |
| 3         |                                                      |                    |                              |                         |                         |                              |                              |                                 |                                |                              |                    |
|           | SJVN-Buxar Thermal                                   | U-1/ 660           | May-23                       | May-23                  | Nil                     | 344.5                        | 1100                         | 1511                            | 10439                          | 10439                        | 0.00%              |
|           | Power Project/Buxar                                  | U-2/ 660           | Sep-23                       | Sep-23                  | Nil                     |                              |                              |                                 |                                |                              |                    |

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