Sasan UMPP: 660 acres of private land acquired for coal block

 Sasan Power Limited (SPL)-- a Reliance Power subsidiary-- responsible for the execution of the 4,000 MW Sasan UMPP has managed to acquire 660 acres of private land needed for development of the coal blocks meant to fuel the project. With this, nearly 945 acres of land for mine development, out of the 7,867.90 acres required, has been acquired. The figure includes 284.54 acres of forest land that was acquired earlier.      

• Land acquisition for the actual project, however, did not see much progress in April 2011, with only 4 acres of land acquired over the  month, taking the total land acquired to 3,349.1 acres out of the revised land requirement of 3,728.47 acres. Nevertheless, with over 90% of land acquisition completed, the developer has little reason to worry on this front. 
• As of April 2011, around 1,902.3 acres of land is now available with the developer for the construction of the main plant, against the estimated requirement of 2,034.21 acres.
• Likewise, land required for the construction of the ash pond is almost all in possession of the company. Along similar lines, even the land required for the residential colony has been acquired to a large extent. 
• It may be mentioned here that  transfer of land needed for mining the associated Moher and Moher Amlori extension coal blocks, is yet to be made by Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL).