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WB Cabinet Approves to Set up a 660 MW Supercritical Power Plant

The West Bengal Cabinet on 30 September, 2024 gave its nod to set up a 660-MW supercritical electricity plant at Sagardighi in Murshidabad district.

 

Power Minister Arup Biswas informed regarding this, and said that 95 percent of the work for the supercritical power plant has been completed. The Cabinet also accepted proposals to build five more power plants. The modern power plant would be ready by next March.

 

The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, also gave its nod to set up a new power plant of 1,600 MW and a global tender will be floated in this regard. The plant has been planned based on a PPP model.

 

The state government now has power plants at Sagardighi, Bakerswar, Kolghat Bandel and Durgapur. The Cabinet also decided in favour of making 32.43 acres of long-term settlement land and 40.17 acres of vested land of Shyam Shell and Power in Jamuaria in Paschim Bardhaman district freehold, allowing it to set up a new project of steel and power plant.

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