UP’s first supercritical power plant in Meja to be fully operational by December: CEO
NEW DELHI: The Meja Thermal Power Plant, Uttar Pradesh’s first supercritical power plant, will be fully operational by December, MUNPL chief executive officer (CEO) Asim Kumar Samanta said.
Meja Urja Nigam Pvt Ltd (MUNPL) is a 50:50 joint venture (JV) of state-owned NTPC Ltd and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL).
The JV was incorporated in 2008 to set up a 1,320-megawatt (with 2X660 MW units) coal-based Meja Thermal Power Plant at Meja, about 45 km from the state’s Prayagraj district.
“Unit -I of the supercritical plant has already been commissioned with effect from April 30, 2019. Unit-II is ready for declaration of commercial operation. It will be made operational by next month,” Samanta told PTI.
Following the commercial operation of Unit-II, the plant will be fully operational, he said.
The CEO said the plant is well connected by road to Prayagraj.
It has its own 28-km freight corridor that helps in bringing critical materials, such as coal, to plant by rail. The plant is also connected to river Ganga at Bijora village, through a network of about 30 km pipeline, to transport water for industrial purposes.
