Power from Bhadradri plant by 2017-18.

Telangana Energy Minister G. Jagadish Reddy allayed apprehensions about progress of Bhadradri Power Project at Manuguru and said the sub-critical technology power plant will be commissioned in 2017-18 financial year.

The Minister in his reply during a short discussion on ‘Power Situation in the State' in the State Legislative Council recently said that the project was delayed due to the stay imposed by National Green Tribunal, but it was vacated with some conditions after the Government presented its case. The new Environment Impact Assessment Committee is expected to meet within a month and “State Government is confident of getting approval”, he added.

The issue was also raised the Congress member Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy during the Question Hour by saying that the Government had spent Rs. 1,059 crore but the project was stuck. It was perhaps not a wise decision on the part of the Government to opt for a sub-critical plant when the super critical technology plants were preferred.

THE HINDU