Telangana to add 20,000 MW of power in next five years.

The power-scarce Telangana will add 20,000 MW of power in the next five years.

The State, which saw shortages in the range of 15-20 million units in the last two months, said BHEL will come up with a capacity of 6,000 MW and NTPC will set up power plant to generate 4,000 MW.

'We have entered into an agreement with Chattisgarh government to buy 1,000 MW. Our goal is to make the State a power surplus State. In order to bail out farmers, we will spend Rs. 200 crore to buy solar pumpsets. We have allocated Rs. 1,000 crore for Telangana State Generation Company,' Eatela Rajender, Telangana Finance Minister, said.

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