ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC) is likely to commission the Unit I of 2X 363.3 MW gas based power project at Palatana in Tripura soon.
In September 2012, the Rs 3,500-crore project had conducted trial generation from the Unit I which will be synchronised in combined cycle mode soon. OTPC has already tested the functioning of the mother turbine of the first unit.
However, the proposed 661-km transmission network connecting national grid at Bongaigaon in Assam is yet to be completed. Delay on the part of Assam Government in granting due environment and forest clearances is a major reason behind the delay in completion of the Rs 1,800-crore transmission line that will pass through a couple of reserve forests and rivers.