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The Bihar Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, has urged the Centre to allocate 15 per cent of unallocated power from the under-construction Barh Stage I and II super thermal power stations to enable Bihar to tide over its acute power shortage.
In a letter written to the Union Power Minister, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, on Thursday, he urged him to allocate 15 per cent unallocated power from both stage I (3X660) and II (2X660 MW) of Barh STPS for the time being on a priority basis to meet the State’s increasing power demand.
Mr Kumar also thanked Mr Shinde for allocation of 523 MW from stage I and 660 MW from the Stage II of the Barh STPS and said that the allocation would go a long way in improving availability of power.
The Union Power Ministry had written a letter to the State Government on July 3 last, apprising it of its decision to allocate 523 MW and 660 MW from the Stage I and II STPS, respectively, in reply to a persistent demand from the Chief Minister for allocation of 50 per cent power from these two units located in Bihar.
Mr Kumar, at the same time, expressed disappointment with the Centre for allocating only 26.42 per cent power from the two STPs against his demand for 50 per cent.
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