INN): Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday reiterated that Telangana
would be a power surplus State by the year 2017.
Speaking after laying the foundation stone of Bhadradri Thermal Power Generation Project at Manugur
here, the Chief Minister said that efforts were being made to make Telangana State free from power
crisis. He said that the Bhadradri project, being constructed at a cost of Rs 5,144 crore, would generate
1080 MW power in the next three years. He said that the government was ensuring generation of nearly
24,000 MW power through different power projects. (INN)