The Telangana State Transmission Company (Transco) on Saturday said it has not cancelled Stage II of NTPC’s 2400 MW power plant to be set up at Ramagundam but has asked to defer its construction.
Transco said that it would take a decision at the right time depending upon the requirement of power in the state and the cost.
The power plant being set up at Ramagundam is not a pit head station. The Central Government allocated coal to this plant from the Mandakini B coal block in Orissa which is located at a distance of 950 kilometres (km).
As the coal has to be transported for 950 km, the cost of power-generation would be higher than the pithead plant.
