Neyveli, January 07:The public sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has signed an agreement with Karnataka government to share 400 MW of power from the proposed Sirkali Thermal Power Project (STPP), according to a press release by Deputy General Manager Public Relations, NLC, Mr Sridhar here today.
He said the MOU was signed by the NLC and Karnataka government officials in the presence of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Karnataka Power Minister Shobha Karandlaje in Bangalore.
The project is expected to go on stream in 2016-2017, he said. STPP would be a super critical coal-based 1,980-MW thermal power project to be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 10,395 crore, he said.
The power generated from the project would be shared by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and the Union Territory of Puducherry, he said.
The allocation of power from the project would be in accordance with the decision of the Union Ministry of Power, he said.
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