Guwahati, Aug. 23 -- The fate of the ambitious Rs 16,850 crore Margherita Thermal Power Project in Assam seems to be in a limbo with Union Power Ministry cautioning against its feasibility as a pit head project.
The uncertainty is attributed to the non-availability of sufficient coal in the North Eastern Coalfields (NEC).
Union Minister of State for Power, Shripad Naik, informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) had advised the Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGCL) to revisit the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by NTPC Ltd in 2019.
The project, designed as a 2x800 MW coal-based thermal plant at Margherita, was initially planned to source 4.11 MTPA coal from NEC at a 90% Plant Load Fa...
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