Bhubaneswar: The Mandakini-B coal mine in the state has been allocated to NTPC for its 4,000-MW power plant at Ramagundam in Telangana.
Making this statement in reply to a question by TRS MP G Ranjith Reddy in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Prahlad Joshi said a tapering linkage has been accorded to the phase-1 of 1,600-MW NTPC at Ramagundam.
The Union Minister said coal linkages had been allocated to the KTPS stage-7 (800 MW), Bhadradri (1,080 MW), Yadadri (4,000 MW) thermal power plants in Telangana. The state had requested coal linkage of 20 million tonnes per annum for NTPC’s 4,000-MW plant at Ramagundam.
The TS also requested coal linkage of 22.2 million tonnes per year for the power plants of KTPS, Bhadradri and Yadadri, the Union Minister said.
