The Adani Group had got the extension for setting up 540 Mw power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sarguja region till 2019-20.

The 4×135 Mw thermal power project would be based on the coal washery rejects and would come up within the Parsa East and Kete Basan coal blocks, which had been originally allotted to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RRVUNL).

Adani Mines had been assigned the work of Mining, Development and Operation (MDO) of coal block.

• As per the Environment Clearance (EC) guidelines, the company was supposed to commission the power plant by April 2015 — within two years of starting the coal production in April 2013. citing delays due to legal interventions, the RRVUNL requested for amendment in the EC that was finally considered.

• The linked 4×135 Mw FBC (Fluidized Bed Combustion) based power plant shall be commissioned in 6-7 years,” the EC amended notification said. Until the plant is established, the coal rejects shall be sold to users of coal rejects for which an agreement shall be entered into; facilitating the company to sold coal in open market for another 6-7 years.

• The plant would require 4 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of coal per annum to run at a load factor (PLF) of around 75 per cent. Besides the estimated 2.25 MTPA of coal rejects, the company planned to procure remaining coal through linkage.