Country is unlikely to meet the 78,700 MW target set for the current five-year plan ending March 2012,despite Government8217;s 8216;best efforts8217; to meet the level,a Senior Union Minister said today.
8220;Around 61,000 MW of power will be generated by the end of the plan period8230;on best of our efforts,we might achieve upto 65,000 MW by 2012,8221; Union Power Minister,Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference here.
During the first three years of the fiver-year plan,the country added 21,000 MW of additional capacity and is expected to add a total of 40,000 MW capacity over the next two years,Shinde said.
8220;We are adding 20,000 MW this year and another 20,000 MW next year,8221; Shinde said.
8220;We will likely meet just over three-fourth of our electricity capacity addition target during the current plan.
The target which was given to us initially was very big,but we accepted it,8221; Shinde said.