Lok Sabha Question No. 3071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: NTPC Project
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3071 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

## NTPC PROJECT

3071. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

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

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

(c) the steps taken to prevent such recurring problems in these units?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : NTPC units set up in tribal and rural areas are given at Annex.

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

(c) : In view of the (b) above, question doesn't arise.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3071 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2016.

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## 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        | 250 (Remaining 500 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 | Kerala (Alappuzha)                | Kayamkulam      | Naphtha     |             360 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh (Singrauli)        | Vindhyachal     | Coal        |            4760 |
|        10 | Maharashtra (Nagpur)              | Mouda           | Coal        |            1660 |
|        11 | Odisha (Angul)                    | Talcher-Kaniha  | Coal        |            3000 |
|        12 | Odisha (Angul)                    | Talcher-Thermal | Coal        |             460 |
|        13 | Rajasthan (Baran)                 | Anta            | Gas         |             419 |
|        14 | Telangana (Karimnagar)            | Ramagundam      | Coal        |            2600 |
|        15 | Uttar Pradesh (Ambedkar Nagar)    | Tanda-I         | Coal        |             440 |
|        16 | Uttar Pradesh (Auraiya)           | Auraiya         | Gas         |             663 |
|        17 | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar) | Dadri           | Coal        |            1820 |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar) | Dadri           | Gas         |             830 |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh (Raebareli)         | Unchahar        | Coal        |            1050 |
|        20 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Rihand          | Coal        |            3000 |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Singrauli       | Coal        |            2000 |
|        22 | West Bengal (Murshidabad)         | Farakka         | Coal        |            2100 |

## C. NTPC owned Hydro Power Projects

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

## D. NTPC owned Solar Power Projects

|   1. | Andhra Pradesh (Ananthapuramu)    | Ananthapuramu   |   200 (50 MW under construction) |
|------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|    2 | Haryana (Faridabad)               | Faridabad       |                                5 |
|    3 | Madhya Pradesh (Rajgarh)          | Rajgarh         |                               50 |
|    4 | Odisha (Angul)                    | Talcher         |                               10 |
|    5 | Telangana (Karim Nagar)           | Ramagundam      |                               10 |
|    6 | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar) | Dadri           |                                5 |
|    7 | Uttar Pradesh (Rae Bareli)        | Unchahar        |                               10 |
|    8 | Uttar Pradesh (Sonebhadra)        | Singrauli       |                               15 |

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