TRS seeks EGoMs intervention for gas allocation for APGENCO's 2100 MW CCPP

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has come to the aid of APGENCO, in its quest for gas allocation for its proposed 2100 MW combined cycle gas-based power plant, at the Karimnagar district of the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.

• In a recent letter to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), the political party has drawn attention to the pace of work exhibited by APGENCO on the project and has asserted that the various preparatory formalities are almost complete. Commissioning of the project, according to TRS, would hel meet the burgeoning demand for power in the state.
• Further, the project is likely to generate ample employment opportunities for the backward region, continues the letter.
• The first phase of the CCPP is to be commissioned by March 2012. The 2,100 MW CCPP would be implemented on 434 acres of land, in three phases of 700 MW, each. The cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 5,600 crore.