Coal-based power
plant in Barak Valley
From Our Correspondent Assam Tribune
SILCHAR, Feb 20 – To meet the crisis of power, the Government of India is going to introduce coal-based electricity plant in the Barak Valley. This was declared by SM Dev, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in a conference organised by Tea Association of India (TAI) Surma Valley Branch here recently.
The plant will be set up at Digarkhal, 40 kilometre away from the city. The capacity of the plant will be 110 megawatt. It will cost Rs 300 crores.
Dev said that to materialise the project work has already been started by BHEL, which has signed an MoU with a private company. The equity shares of the State government will be 20%. For this plant, the coal will be brought from Margherita.
In the 107th annual general meeting of TAI, Surma Valley Branch, Dev said that the plan of Central Government to electrify every village is under process. This also includes tea gardens. Dev also advised the priorietors of tea gardens to modernise the garden as well as to plant jatropha.
Regarding communication problem, Dev said that British had gone 60 years ago, but their technique is being used now also in construction of roads. Earlier the capacity of the vehicles used to be 12 tonnes, but now vehicles weight upto 20 tonnes. So, old techniques should be given up.
Tea is considered to be a major industry of Assam, Dev said, adding that Assam Tea industry should run like PT Usha and should be popular like Sania Mirza. Surya Narayan Singh, chairman Surma Valley Branch said that from 1999 the tea industry in Barak Valley had suffered a lot. That’s why they are in a financial crisis.
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