The Hindu Business Line : Navi Mumbai airport to cost Rs 8,760 cr

"For the rapid economic growth of the State, in association with IDFC and Mckinsey, action plans for revitalising available infrastructure are under consideration. Auto, chemical and textile clusters are being developed in this area," the State Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, said here today at the 97th Annual General Meeting of the Indian Merchant Chamber.

The Government has signed MoUs with private sector companies for the generation of nearly 12,000 MW of power in the next five years, Mr Deshmukh said.

This summer the Government will purchase approximately 550 to 700 MW power from NTPC and others suppliers. The Dahej-Uran pipeline for supply of natural gas would be made operational by December 2006, he said.

Speaking on the sidelines of the function, the Chief Minister said the Government was studying problems associated with free power distribution for use in agriculture pumps. This could mean a reassessment in the State's policy of 2004 for providing free power to farmers, he added.

Currently Maharashtra is facing peak power shortage 2,000 MW.

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