Adani Group Commissions India’s First Trans-National Power Project

Dhaka: The damaging Hindenburg report may have pulled Gautam Adani down, but he was not out.

The billionaire industrialist is gradually picking up the pieces after having lost a big fortune.

On Saturday, the Adani Group chairman met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1,600 MW ultra super critical Godda Power Plant.

“Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600 MW Ultra Super Critical Godda Power Plant. I salute the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who braved COVID to commission the plant in record time of three-and-a-half years,” Adani tweeted.

Adani Power set up the 1,600 MW thermal power in Jharkhand’s Godda to supply power generated to Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) through a dedicated transmission line.

Last month, Adani Power said its Godda Plant had become fully operational.

Adani Power Jharkhand Limited (APJL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Power Limited, achieved commercial operations date (COD) of its second unit of its 2 x 800 MW Godda Ultra super critical thermal power plant (Godda USCTPP) on June 26 at Godda district in Jharkhand, the company said in a statement.

The reliability run rest, including commercial operation tests of the second unit of Godda power plant, was completed on June 25 in the presence of BPDB and Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh (PGCB) officials, the statement added.

The first unit of the power plant, with 800 MW capacity, achieved its COD in April this year.

Power supply from Godda USCTPP to Bangladesh’s grid will further enhance energy security in Bangladesh, the company had said.

Adani had met Hasina during her visit to India in September last year.