Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday urged Union Power Minister R.K. Singh to recognize the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Co Ltd (CSPDCL) as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) to facilitate payment of Rs 2,000 crores dues by the Telangana State Power Co.
In a letter, the Chief Minister informed the Minister that Telangana is being continuously supplied power under long-term PPA executed between CSPDCL and Telangana State power companies on September 22, 2015 from the 1,000 MW capacity Atal Bihari Thermal Power Project (Madwa) in Chhattisgarh.
He said that the payment of more than Rs 2,000 crores is pending on the power company of Telangana as on March 31, 2020, due to which CSPDCL is going through a financial stress.
