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| − | {{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Karchana Thermal Power Project''' was a 1980 megawatt project in Uttar Pradesh, India. | + | {{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Karchana Thermal Power Project''' was a 1980 megawatt project in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was subsequently scaled back to 1320 MW and ownership changed hands to state-owned UPRVUNL. |
The project was being developed by Sangam Power Generation Company, a power generation subsidiary of the privately owned [[Jaypee Group]], a major Indian infrastructure company with interests in civil engineering and construction, cement, power, real estate, expressways, hospitality, golf courses and education. | The project was being developed by Sangam Power Generation Company, a power generation subsidiary of the privately owned [[Jaypee Group]], a major Indian infrastructure company with interests in civil engineering and construction, cement, power, real estate, expressways, hospitality, golf courses and education. | ||
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
| − | The project was proposed to be built at Bara tehsil (village Karchhana) in the Allahabad district.<ref>[http://www.jppowerventures.com/thermal-power.htm "Thermal Power"], Jaiprakash Power Ventures website, accessed November 2011.</ref> The | + | The project was proposed to be built at Bara tehsil (village Karchhana) in the Allahabad district.<ref>[http://www.jppowerventures.com/thermal-power.htm "Thermal Power"], Jaiprakash Power Ventures website, accessed November 2011.</ref> The point on the left shows the original location of the project as identified in the Environmental Clearance. On the right is the new location of the project, which is now reported to be adjacent to the [[Bara Thermal Power Project]].<Ref name=ec>[http://bit.ly/19ik3vL Environmental Clearance J -13012/240/2007-IA.II (T),] MoEF, 30 October 2009</ref> |
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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In April 2013, after four years of protests by local farmers, it was announced they were ready to make a final decision on the plant's future. After opposing the plant, farmers showed interest after the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Act (2013) passed the Indian Parliament. The farmers noted the Act ought to give them legal standing for better compensation for their land.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/karchana-power-plant-farmers-to-take-a-decision/article5351413.ece "Karchana power plant: farmers to take a decision"] Omar Rashid, The Hindu, November 14, 2013.</ref> | In April 2013, after four years of protests by local farmers, it was announced they were ready to make a final decision on the plant's future. After opposing the plant, farmers showed interest after the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Act (2013) passed the Indian Parliament. The farmers noted the Act ought to give them legal standing for better compensation for their land.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/karchana-power-plant-farmers-to-take-a-decision/article5351413.ece "Karchana power plant: farmers to take a decision"] Omar Rashid, The Hindu, November 14, 2013.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Project changes hands== | ||
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| + | In July 2014 it was reported that the state-owned power generation company UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) would take over the project, several months after Jaypee Group backed out due to land acquisition problems. The project will be moved to be adjacent to the [[Bara Thermal Power Project]].<ref>Pankaj Shah, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-government-to-install-four-power-plants/articleshow/37977933.cms "UP government to install four power plants,"] Times of India, July 8, 2014</ref> | ||
==Project Details== | ==Project Details== | ||
| − | '''Sponsor:''' Sangam Power Generation Company | + | '''Sponsor:''' UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL); acquired Sangam Power Generation Company (a subsidiary of [[Jaypee Group]]<br> |
| − | + | '''Location:''' adjacent to [[Bara Thermal Power Project]], Bara taluk, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh<br> | |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Coordinates:''' 25.2142987, 81.6508198 (approximate)<br> |
| − | '''Coordinates:''' 25. | ||
'''Status:''' Cancelled<br> | '''Status:''' Cancelled<br> | ||
'''Capacity:''' Phase 1: 1320 MW; Phase II: 660 MW<br> | '''Capacity:''' Phase 1: 1320 MW; Phase II: 660 MW<br> | ||
Revision as of 02:52, 7 September 2014
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}Karchana Thermal Power Project was a 1980 megawatt project in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was subsequently scaled back to 1320 MW and ownership changed hands to state-owned UPRVUNL.
The project was being developed by Sangam Power Generation Company, a power generation subsidiary of the privately owned Jaypee Group, a major Indian infrastructure company with interests in civil engineering and construction, cement, power, real estate, expressways, hospitality, golf courses and education.
Contents
Location
The project was proposed to be built at Bara tehsil (village Karchhana) in the Allahabad district.[1] The point on the left shows the original location of the project as identified in the Environmental Clearance. On the right is the new location of the project, which is now reported to be adjacent to the Bara Thermal Power Project.[2]
Background
The project comprised three 660MW units which were being developed by JPV subsidiary Sangam Power Generation Company.[3]
According to the 2010/2011 annual report, the company was in possession of the 778 hectares needed for the project and had received the necessary environmental clearance, water linkage, and coal linkage. Boiler foundations were completed and other construction works was underway. Financial closure had been achieved.[4]
In April 2012, the Times of India reported that project was stalled in the wake of a decision by the Allahaban high court to quash the company's notifications for the acquisition of 650 hectares of land for the project.[5] However, in June 2012 the project was revived.[6]
In December 2013 Jaiprakash Power Ventures announced that it was cancelling the project. According to one report, the project "was unviable at the rates it had quoted to bag the project in 2009 and the total land required for the project was not handed over yet." It was reported that the government had initiated talks for transferring the project to NTPC.[7]
Citizen opposition
In January 2011 a protest was initiated by local farmers of Kachari in the Karchan area over a land acquisition dispute. The farmers were demanding to be paid a fair market value for their land. During this protest it was reported that "three policemen were injured, two police vehicles set ablaze and the Delhi-Howrah trunk route was blocked for 13 hours." It was the culmination of protests that had been ongoing for four months.[8]
In June 2011, farmers protested the plant by staging a mass public begging, to dramatize that if the plant is built the loss of their land will leave them with no option other than begging. In footage broadcast by CVB News Service, Raj Bahadur Patel, a leader of the farmers, said, "The government acquired our lands without following the policy of land acquisition. We have been protesting for 300 days. The administration has said they will not do anything in the matter. We have appealed to the government to give us our lands as they are our source of livelihood. The farmers along with their families participated in the flag march today." Another leader, Arvind Patel, said, "We have no option but to beg for our lands, but this government says that begging is also a crime."
In April 2013, after four years of protests by local farmers, it was announced they were ready to make a final decision on the plant's future. After opposing the plant, farmers showed interest after the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Act (2013) passed the Indian Parliament. The farmers noted the Act ought to give them legal standing for better compensation for their land.[9]
Project changes hands
In July 2014 it was reported that the state-owned power generation company UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) would take over the project, several months after Jaypee Group backed out due to land acquisition problems. The project will be moved to be adjacent to the Bara Thermal Power Project.[10]
Project Details
Sponsor: UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL); acquired Sangam Power Generation Company (a subsidiary of Jaypee Group
Location: adjacent to Bara Thermal Power Project, Bara taluk, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates: 25.2142987, 81.6508198 (approximate)
Status: Cancelled
Capacity: Phase 1: 1320 MW; Phase II: 660 MW
Type:
Projected in service: 2014
Coal Type:
Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:
Permits and applications: Environmental Clearance for Phase I, India MoEF, October 30, 2009
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ "Thermal Power", Jaiprakash Power Ventures website, accessed November 2011.
- ↑ Environmental Clearance J -13012/240/2007-IA.II (T), MoEF, 30 October 2009
- ↑ Jaiprakash Power Ventures, "Thermal Power", Jaiprakash Power Ventures website, accessed November 2011.
- ↑ Jaiprakash Power Ventures, "Home", Jaiprakash Power Ventures website, accessed November 2011.
- ↑ R N Pandey & Rajiv Mani, "Allahabad high court quashes land acquisition for UP plant," April 14, 2012
- ↑ "Akhilesh revives Jaypee’s 1,320 MW Karchana project" Deepa Jainani, The Financial Express, July 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Jaypee Infratech decides to pull out of Karchana Thermal Power project," Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, 26 December 2013
- ↑ "Karchana power project depends upon farmers : Uttar Pradesh govt" Harneedi.com, January 25, 2011.
- ↑ "Karchana power plant: farmers to take a decision" Omar Rashid, The Hindu, November 14, 2013.
- ↑ Pankaj Shah, "UP government to install four power plants," Times of India, July 8, 2014
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