The Prime Minister has launched unit-1 (660 MW) of the 1,980 MW Ghatampur thermal power project in Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
The project is being developed by Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited, a joint venture between NLC India Limited (51 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) (49 per cent), at an estimated cost of Rs 217.81 billion. The remaining two units of 660 MW each are expected to be commissioned by 2025-26. The plant has signed a power purchase agreement for 1,487.28 MW with Uttar Pradesh and 492.72 MW with Assam, subject to the transfer of equity from UPRVUNL to the
Assam government.