A proposed joint venture between the Indian Railways and NTPC Ltd for setting up a 1,320 mw thermal power plant in West Bengal has been caught in a tussle between the railway ministry and Bihar government over issues relating to a similar joint venture. The power plant, proposed to be set up at Adra in Purulia district of West Bengal, has been made a part of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Co Ltd, a 26:74 joint venture between the railways and NTPC. This venture was floated to set up a 1,000 MW thermal power plant at Nabinagar in Bihar, where the Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Co is headquartered.
The Adra project was earlier proposed to be an independent thermal power station with a similar holding pattern.
"There has been no development on the Adra project after the memorandum of understanding was signed between NTPC and the railways ministry some six months back," an NTPC official told ET. "The railway ministry and the Nitish government have locked horns over the location of the headquarters of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company and the name of the company."
"The railway ministry wants the headquarters of the company shifted to West Bengal and its name replaced with a Bengali-sounding name. But the Bihar government is not too keen on the proposal. It wants the company's name as well as it head office to remain the same as they are now," the official said.
bogus news of locking horns etc
ReplyDeleteThis project is the commitment of Hon'ble chief minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee. We hope an immediate fruitful result / step will be seen. As there is no problem of land aquisition, we the supporter of Ma-Mati-Manush government expect an appropriate step within this month (June, 2011). Hoping it is relevant question after 40 days of formation of government.
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