Nitish Kumar to Inaugurate Thermal Power Units at NTPC Barauni and Barh

Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar in the presence of RK Singh, Union Minister of Power and  New & Renewable Energy, will inaugurate stage -II 500 MW (2x250 MW) of NTPC Barauni Thermal Power Station and Unit #1 (660 MW) of NTPC Barh Super Thermal Power project on November 27, 2021.
 
During the occasion, Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC, along with the Directors of NTPC and other senior officials will also be present.
 
NTPC Group has an installed capacity of 7970 MW in the state of Bihar and another 1980 MW under construction. 
 
Barh has total installed capacity of 3300 MW out of which 1320 MW under commercial operation since Mar' 16.
 
To accelerate the development of the Power sector and increase the availability of power and cost efficiencies for the larger benefit of people in the State of Bihar, the state government had transferred Barauni Thermal Power Station to NTPC Ltd on December 15, 2018.
 
As part of its CSR initiatives, NTPC has taken up many Community Development (CD) activities in Bihar. These activities are primarily focussed in the area of Education, Health, Infrastructure development, drinking water, sanitation, Skill Development/ Vocational Training programmes, support to Physically challenged persons, etc.
 
Further, various community development activities are at different stages of implementation in neighbouring villages of its projects. NTPC is also setting up a special burn unit at AIIMS Patna and constructing ITI in the Aurangabad district.
 
NTPC, a Maharatna company of Govt of India, presently has an installed capacity of 67,907 MW (including JVs/subsidiaries) and plans to become a 130 GW company by 2032.