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Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd is likely to present the detailed proposal of its Sundargarh power project in Odisha before the board for clearance on September 17.
The proposed 1,600-MW (2x800 MW) pit-head power plant will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 crore.
According to A K Sahay, Chairman and Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields, the detailed project report will then be sent to Coal India Ltd for clearance. (MCL is a CIL subsidiary.)
“We will also apply for clearances from the Environment Ministry once the boards of MCL and CIL pass the DPR,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a mining seminar organised by 'The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India'.
MCL has already acquired the required 800 acres of land and obtained the water corridor required for the power plant.
“It will take us three years to complete the project after getting environment clearances,” he said.
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