DW BUREAU / Chandigarh With the aim of providing uninterrupted regular electricity to the people of the state, the Haryana Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mahanadi Basin Power Limited (MBPL) to purchase 800 megawatts of electricity. In the presence of Chief Minister Manohar Lal, Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Dr. Saket Kumar and Sh. Debasish Nanda from Coal India Limited signed the MoU. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal shared this information while addressing a press conference here today. School Education Minister Kanwar Pal also remained present on this occasion. The Chief Minister said that a super-critical thermal power plant 1600 (2x800 megawatts) is being set up in Odisha by a Coal India Limited subsidiary company, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). He further shared that Mahanadi Basin Power Limited (MBPL) had proposed to supply 800 megawatts of electricity from its proposed plant in Odisha to Haryana. Today, an MOU has been signed for the purchase of 800 megawatts of electricity in this regard. He informed that a single tariff (levelized tariff) of Rs. 4.46 per unit has been fixed for the proposed power purchase. Manohar Lal said that to increase electricity availability in the state, the state government is also going to set up an 800-megawatt thermal power plant in Yamunanagar.
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