CoalMin moves Cabinet note on NTPC's proposed unit

The Coal Ministry moved a Cabinet note on the issue of shifting NTPC's North Karanpura power project in Jharkhand to another location in the state as the site first proposed falls under potential coal bearing area. The Ministry of Coal has circulated a note in this regard to various ministries seeking their comments. The note will be later sent to the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure.

"The 1,980 MW project currently proposed at North Karanpura coalfields should not be allowed on the grounds that it is a potential coal bearing area with an estimated reserve of a 6 billion tonnes," the Coal Ministry said in the note. It added that the alternate site is proposed near Kanhakala village in Jharkhand. The Central Mine Planning & Design Institute had earlier made a suggestion of shifting the project another location. A Group of Ministers had last year constituted a sub-panel to look into demands of relocation of the project. The panel, headed Planning Commission Member B K Chaturvedi, had suggested two options-- relocating the proposed plant and was reducing the plant size.

The GoM had accepted option of making the proposed plant smaller. "A Group of Ministers' decision needs to be reconsidered due to huge coal reserves at the existing site of the proposed plant. Setting up super structures in coal bearing areas should not be allowed," the note added. The Coal Ministry in the note also said that issues such as adverse effect of heavy blasting in a power project, threat of inundation of low lying mines arising out of flash floods, land to be set aside for power evacuation corridors have not been adequately addressed by the committee, which submitted its report to GoM.

The ministry is of the view that if these facts are taken into account, the proposal for setting up the power plant in the North Karanpura coalfield will not be appropriate. A Coal Ministry official said the alternate site of Patratu is also not feasible as it requires land acquisition from Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) which is demanding a higher price. He said another alternate site Tenughat is also ruled out since the government of Jharkhand is already planning an expansion project of their own there.

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