NTPC to get land in Kudigi for 4,000 MW plant

Submitted by Gagandeep Singh... on Sat, 03/01/2009 - 9:33am

NTPC to get land in Kudigi for 4,000 MW plant
B. S. Satish Kumar

BANGALORE: The State Government is learnt to have decided to give land at Kudigi in Bijapur district to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), which has now come forward to set up a 4,000 MW plant in Karnataka.

Earlier, the NTPC had shown interest in setting up only a 2,000 MW plant in the State. Already two rounds of consultations have been held between officials of the State Government and the NTPC. Click for more