West Bengal government's power generation company, West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL), is planning to rebuild the aged three units with a total capacity 630 MW at its Kolaghat thermal plant.
For this purpose, WBPDCL will invest an amount of Rs 1,000 crore. The government is in talks with World Bank for partial funding of the project cost.
WBPDCL is likely to float the tender for the project by early 2014.
The coal-fired plant at Kolaghat in East Medinipur district of West Bengal has six units with a total capacity of 1,260 MW (6 x 210 MW).
This project will take about two years to complete.