NTPC approves Rs 50.29 cr investment for its Talcher power station

The board of state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has approved an investment of Rs 50.29 crore in Talcher Super Thermal Power station, which is located at Kaniha in the state.

NTPC approved the investment to purchase additional rolling stocks for the plant. The rolling stock includes two locomotives and 55 wagons which would be used to transport coal for the 3000 megawatt thermal power project.

R S Sharma the Chairman informed to media that in order to produce three thousand MW more in the next fiscal the NTPC would increase its coal imports from Indonesia and Australia.