Bihar to add 2500 MW of power by 2012

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) chairman-cum-managing director RS Sharma felicitates Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on July 10, 2009.

The Bihar Chief Minister had a review meeting with the NTPC chairman over the ongoing power project in Bihar. The NTPC is working on 8650 MW power projects, involving an investment of Rs 40,000 crore in Bihar. It is expected that by 2011-12 Bihar will have a capacity addition of 2500 MW in a phase-wise manner.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui