Eastern Railway has taken a major step forward in facilitating coal movement for the upcoming expansion of the Sagardighi Thermal Power Station (SgTPS) by The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL).
The DVC has planned to set up a 800 MW Durgapur Thermal Power Station at an investment of Rs 8,000 crore. This will be the fifth unit of DTPS.
A contract labourer died while working at the coal handling unit of the Damodar Valley Corporation's Mejia Thermal Power Station here on Monday night.
Probir Mukherjee, Member Secretary, DVC told The Statesman: “We are continuously in touch with the state Irrigation department as our power plants on both the banks may face a disastrous blackout if the river flow is not resumed within a couple of days.”
Thermal power plants blend high-grade coal with low-grade coal to achieve the intended Gross Calorific Value (GCV) at the power plant end. Mostly the high-grade coal is imported from Indonesia.
