Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Government on May 19 signed Memorandums of Understanding with NTPC Limited and Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (Bajaj Group) to set up power projects with a total generation capacity of 25,400 MW.
The project development entails a total investment of Rs 6,50,000 crore and is expected to generate 23,500 jobs. Minister of Renewable Energy Atul Save said the developers would carry out due diligence and ground-level surveys to finalise project sites in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.
Save said Maharashtra was joining the Centre’s ambitious target of nuclear capacity addition of 1,00,000 MW by 2047, coinciding with India’s Viksit Bharat centenary goal. The state-run NTPC Limited will invest Rs 1,00,000 crore, with an expected power generation of 7,200 MW and the creation of 5,000 jobs.
Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (Bajaj Group) will invest Rs 2,00,000 crore in the state, generating 5,000 MW of power and creating 3,000 jobs.
