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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

 

Possibility of generating more power in Faridabad, Gurgaon

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Power Minister, Randeep Singh Surjewala said that there is a possibility of generating about 300 MW of power in Faridabad and Gurgaon through private generator system and the State Government would give benefit of waiving the surcharge on this system.

The Power Minister informed this while addressing the mediapersons after presiding over the monthly meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committee at the Faridabad Nagar Nigam Auditorium on Sunday.

Replying to a question he said that the problem of the scarcity of power alongwith Haryana also prevailed in those states of the country where the power was available in surplus but presently power cut upto 50 per cent were imposed in those states also.

Besides scarcity of rains and excessive cold there are some natural and geographical reasons of this problem, he added. He said that due to these reasons quantity of water decreased in the Hydel Power Projects which affected the generation of power in the power generation plants of the States.

Surjewala said that the present state Government is the only government so far which is committed to set up power plants for generating about 5000 MW of additional power by spending an amount of about Rs. 24,000 crore. The State is getting total power of 2800 MW through its various thermal and hydel power projects whereas the existing demand and consumption of power is about 5000 MW of power, he added.

In replying to another question the Power Minister said that the State Government had taken a decision today to purchase 150 MW of power at a costly rate of Rs. 8.25 per unit from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Uttar Pradesh Power Plant at Dadri.





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