Damaracherla power plant works to begin soon.

Works on the 4,400-MW super critical thermal power station being set up by the Telangana State Generation Corporation (TSGenco) at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district are likely to be grounded soon with the agency getting environmental clearance for the project recently. Official sources stated that a major hurdle has been cleared for the project with the environmental clearance. However, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given the clearance with a rider that the project management should develop green cover in the same extent that would be cleared of forest for the purpose of setting up the thermal power station.

The MoEF has given its nod for utilisation of 1,892 hectares (4,730 acres) land against 4,000 ha sought by the State Government.

“The land cleared for the project is sufficient for setting up 4,400-MW plant. We sought clearance for more land as the initial plan was that the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) too would set up its plant with 2,400-MW capacity at Damaracherla”, Chairman and Managing Director of TSGenco D. Prabhakar Rao said.

However, such a large extent of land was not required because NTPC-CMD Arup Roy Chowdary had indicated during his recent visit to the city that they would set up the 2,400-MW plant at the complex where they were setting up a 1,600-MW plant at Ramagundam as part of the provision made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act that the national power utility set up a 4,000-MW dedicated power plant for Telangana, Mr. Prabhakar Rao explained.

The Hindu