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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the foundation stones of Buxar (Bihar) and Khurja (UP) Thermal Power Plants digitally from Greater Noida on March 9, 2019. These plants, 1,320 MW each, are located at Buxar and Bulandshahar (Uttar Pradesh) respectively.
The Prime Minister said that the thermal power plants launched at Buxar and Khurja will accelerate India’s growth and will transform the power availability in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and other neighbouring states. He spoke about the huge jump in power generation in the past four and half years.
Speaking about the Government’s initiative towards improving the power sector in India, the Prime Minister said that his government focused on all four aspects of power generation, ie, Production, Transmission, Distribution and Connection. He said that such an approach has completely transformed the power sector and One Nation- One Grid has now become a reality. The Government has also given right impetus to renewable energy sector, he said. He added that his dream is ‘One World, One Sun, One Grid’.
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh graced the foundation stone laying ceremony at Chausa, Buxar, in Bihar. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the project will bring many benefits to the region. It will give impetus to the industrial development of the region and generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs for the youth.
The foundation stone laying ceremony at Chausa, Buxar, Bihar, was graced by Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Energy Minister of Bihar Bijender Prasad Yadav, and People’s representatives from the area, according to a PIB release.