CESC plans to set up five thermal power plants with a combined capacity of
5,000 MW over the next few years, with investments in the range of Rs 20,000
crore.
At its 600 MW Haldia plant (West Bengal), CESC is facing land acquisition hurdles. Once the
land acquisition is complete, it will take about 33 months for the project to be
completed.
Dhariwal Infrastructure, a subsidiary of CESC, is undertaking a 600 MW
project at Chandrapur. This project is expected to be completed in another 34
months.
The company is mulling to set up one thermal generation unit each in Bihar,
Jharkhand and Orissa. By 2013, the company is hopeful of operationalising at
least two of these three greenfield projects.
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