India dedicates NTPC power plant to the nation
The power plant has a 660 MW capacity.
Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh announced that the government will dedicate NTPC’s 600-megawatt Barh Supert Thermal Power Project to the nation.
In a statement, the Ministry of Power said that Unit 2 is the project’s first stage.
The Minister also stated that the government has developed the country from a power deficit to a power surplus in the past nine years and the country has been interconnected in one grid running on one frequency.
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Also amongst the developments was the implementation of the schemes that are aimed at strengthening the distribution systems.