PM to unveil two mega projects for state on April 14: Saini

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, addressing a press conference here today, said PM Narendra Modi would visit Haryana on April 14 and gift two major projects to people of the state. These include a new 800 MW unit at Deenbandhu Chaudhary Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant in Yamunanagar, to be built at a cost of over Rs 7,000 crore, and the inauguration of air services from Maharaja Agrasen Airport, Hisar.

Saini said a state-level event would be held to mark the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar.

The Union Ministry of Power had granted approval to Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) for setting up a third unit at the Yamunanagar-based thermal plant, he said.

The project is an expansion of the existing 2×300 MW units at the facility, and has a completion deadline of 52 months, with commercial operations expected to commence within 48 months.

He said with the addition of the 800 MW unit, Haryana’s domestic power generation capacity would reach 3,382 MW. Currently, the state had an installed power capacity of about 14,000 MW, of which 2,582 MW was generated by HPGCL, Saini said. The project had already received clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board.

Saini said an integrated aviation hub was being developed over 7,200 acres in Hisar, with 4,200 acres allocated for the airport and 3,000 acres for an integrated manufacturing cluster. The airport's development was divided into three phases, with the first phase already completed, including a terminal building, at a cost of Rs 50 crore. In the second phase, a 3,000-metre runway had been constructed, enabling operations of Airbus aircraft with up to 180 passengers, he said.

On cards

*800 MW unit at Deenbandhu Chaudhary Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant in Yamunanagar, to be built at a cost of over Rs 7,000 crore

*Inauguration of air services from Maharaja Agrasen Airport, Hisar