Chhattisgarh to add 1,500 MW by 2012 - To raise its power generation capacity to 3,424 MW from the current 1,924 MW…

• Coal-rich Chhattisgarh will add 1,500 MW electricity by 2012 that will raise its power generation capacity to 3,424 MW from the current 1,924 MW, official sources said on Tuesday. "The work on 1,000 MW power project at Marwa-Tendubhata in Janjgir district and 500 MW Korba West power project are going on at war-footing and both projects will begin generation by 2012. It will raise Chhattisgarh Government's power generation capacity to 3,424 MW," an official of the State Energy Department said.

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