New Delhi: July 9, 2003
Power Minister, Shri Anant G. Geete has said that Government is committed towards development of feasible hydro potential of the country to the full extent. The Minister was addressing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry at Gangtok. The subject for discussion at the meeting was Capacity Addition Programme during the Tenth Five Year Plan. He said that the Tenth Plan target for hydro capacity addition is 14,393 MW. With a view to give big boost to hydro sector the Prime Minister launched 50,000 MW Hydro-electric Initiative which will see completion of 162 hydro-electric projects in Eleventh and Twelfth Plans. A capacity addition of 41,000 MW during the Tenth Plan is envisaged. Of this 22,832 MW will be in the Central Sector, 11,157 MW in the State Sector and 7,121 MW for the Private Sector, the Minister said.
Shri Geete said that it is imperative that the capacity addition targets for the Tenth Plan are achieved to avoid power crisis. Several steps have been initiated to ensure that capacity addition targets set for Tenth Five Year Plan are realised. Keeping in view the fact that private sector did not come up to the expectations during Ninth Plan, greater responsibility has been placed on Public Sector. The Central Sector Tenth Plan outlay in comparison to Ninth Plan has been raised more than three fold, he added. The monitoring mechanism has been strengthened to review all identified projects quarterly. The Central El |
