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1 lakh crore plan to bolster power sector
Aiming to meet the power demand in domestic and agriculture sectors and also for the water grid and new lift irrigation projects, the Telangana State government has prepared plans to strengthen the energy sector with an investment of Rs 1.05 lakh crore in the next four years.
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Hyderabad: Aiming to meet the power demand in domestic and agriculture sectors and also for the water grid and new lift irrigation projects, the Telangana State government has prepared plans to strengthen the energy sector with an investment of Rs 1.05 lakh crore in the next four years.
Replying to a short discussion on ‘power situation in the State’ in the Assembly, State Energy minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday said that to cater to additional requirement of power for the proposed lift irrigation projects,
the total investment in power sector had been increased to Rs 1.05 lakh crore from Rs 91,500 crore meant for power generation and transmission projects.
The government targeted to increase the power generation capacity to 24,272 MW by 2018-19 from the present 4,365 MW and attain “surplus power”’ status in three years, he said.
Under the action plan, the Minister said the thermal projects with 5,880 MW installed capacity were already launched. The Manuguru project with 1,080 MW would be commissioned by December 2016 and Kothagudem (800 MW) and Dameracharla (4000 MW) would start operations in December 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Environmental clearances for all the projects were already obtained. The NTPC also started work on setting up thermal plant with 4,000 MW capacity at Ramagundam as mandated by the Reorganisation Act 2014.
Explaining all measures taken by the government to tide over energy crisis in the State that was left as power-deficit State after the bifurcation, the Minister said the Centre also sanctioned Rs 1,116 crore (out of which Rs 837 crore as grant) under Power For All (PFA) scheme from 2018-19.
Earlier, TRS legislators S Satyanarayana, V Srinivasa Goud, E Viresham and AIMIM MLA Ahmed Pasha Khadri participated in the debate.
