The tender for the project is likely to be floated by the OPTCL soon
inviting bids from interested parties to set up the solar plant, he
stated. The Odisha government will set up a one-megawatt solar power plant
near Chhatrapur, the district headquarters town of Ganjam. The plant
will come up around 5.5 acres of land with an investment of Rs 13-crore.
The plant is part of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded Rs
1,000-crore plan to build ‘disaster resilient power strengthening
system’ in the cyclone-prone towns of Berhampur, Chhatrapur and Gopapur
in Ganjam district on an experimental basis.
The plan to lay underground cable and set up a solar power plant was
mooted by the government following the heavy damage to the power
infrastructure in the district due to cyclone Pahilin in October 12,
last year. The entire district had plunge into darkness for several days
after the cyclone. “We have identified the land for establishment of
the power plant. The district administration would soon hand over the
land to the state-owned Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited
(OPTCL), the implementing agency of the proposed plant”, said Lenka
Prasad, the nodal officer for the project.
Source: Business Standard
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