TPE, Power Machines delay Barh project in Bihar.

Even after state-owned NTPC Ltd. extracted revised deadlines in 2011 from Russia's JSC Technoprom Export (TPE) and Power Machines for the Barh project in Bihar, the equipment vendors have been delaying supplies, according to several people familiar with the developments.

The project's first unit is now expected to go online only in November 2015, a delay of more than two years, according to new estimates by NTPC.

This will affect the commissioning of the first stage of the project that's to have a capacity of 1980 megawatt (MW), enough to meet around half the power demands of Delhi. According to the new estimates, the first stage being developed by the Russians may only be completed by March 2017 as against the earlier date of September 2014.

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