Govt reconsiders small power units

Of these, a 250 MW project of the Gujarat Industries Power Company at Mangrole was nearing completion. Planning work for three other projects was nearing completion. These were a 500 MW expansion project of GIPC at Mangrole, a 655 MW expansion project of Gujarat Torrent Energy Corporation at Paguthan, and a 515 MW expansion project of Essar Power Limited at Hajira.

In another written reply, the minister said the government had plans to create a generation capacity of 11,850 MW in the ninth and tenth five-year plans in view of the increasing demand. At present, the generation capacity in the state was 7,566 MW.

The minister said while a generation capacity of 2,742 MW would be created in the ninth plan, another 9,108 MW would be added in the tenth plan (2002-2007).