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Adhunik fires up first unit of its 2 x270 MW
thermal Power Plant.
Adhunik Power & Natural Resources Limited (APNRL),
inaugurated its first unit of 2 x270 MW coal fired
thermal power plant on 16th October 2012 at Padampur
village of Saraikela-Kharsawan district of
Jharkhand.
The power plant was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief
Minister of Jharkhand Shri Arjun Munda. Other
dignitaries present at the inaugural ceremony were
Shri Hemant Soren, Dy. Chief Minister, Government of
Jharkhand, Shri Champai Soren, Minister (Tribal
Welfare & Transport), Government of Jharkhand and
MLA, Saraikela constituency, Shri Santosh B Nayyar,
Dy. Managing Director & Group Executive, Corporate
Banking Group, State Bank of India, Shri J B Tubid,
Home Secretary, Government of Jharkhand, Shri Vimal
Kirti Singh, Energy Secretary, Government of
Jharkhand, Shri A P Singh, Industry Secretary,
Government of Jharkhand, Shri S N Verma, Chairman,
Jharkhand State Electricity Board and Shri Avinash
Kumar, Commissioner, Kolhan District. Many other
dignitaries comprising of IAS officers and eminent
personalities were also present during the
inauguration.
At a brief ceremony, the Chief Minister began the
inaugural function with lighting of the lamp,
followed by a speech by Managing Director, Shri
Manoj Kumar Agarwal. Mr. Agarwal congratulated all
at Adhunik Group to have achieved such a milestone
and making the event a memorable one. He expressed
his gratitude to the Government of Jharkhand, the
people of Jharkhand, the villagers and the police
administration, without whose support and
cooperation the event would not have been a
successful one.
Appreciating the Jharkhand Government and its office
bearers, Mr. Agarwal thanked them for their
constructive support because of which the State has
developed at such a rapid pace. Citing the example
of Gujarat that has been adding power generation
capacity rapidly, he said that with abundant
resources, Jharkhand can also produce 25000 MW of
power by the end of the 13th Five-year Plan and
proudly claim to be a developed state very soon.
A Coffee Table Book (Seed to Grid), that includes
the information about the journey from inception to
operation of APNRL’s newly commissioned power plant,
was launched during the one-day event. APNRL invited
and felicitated guests from Padampur village and
nearby areas who played a crucial role in this
success story.
The programme
came to an end with a speech from Hon’ble Chief
Minister who highlighted that with Jharkhand’s rich
reserves, we would soon become a power surplus
state. He expressed his lasting support to the
Adhunik Group, welcoming it to the state and
thanking it for providing the people with the much
needed power and creating employment for thousands
of people in the state. He said that the government
aims to add 8000 MW power generation capacity in the
12th Five-Year Plan of which 2200 MW will be
available at a cheaper cost from power producers.
The current power generation capacity of Jharkhand
stands at 2100MW
Preparation for
another 270MW is in full swing and expected to be
commissioned soon. The Company signed an MoU for
1080 MW with Government of Jharkhand. |