GAIL to Build 1,000 MW Power Plant in Punjab

The Punjab government approved a 1,000-MW power plant to be set up in the state's Ropar district. The proposed plant will have three units of 330 MW each.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal gave in-principle approval to set up the gas-based plant in collaboration with the Gas Authority of India (GAIL) at Ropar, 50 km from Chandigarh.

"About 150 acres of land is already available in the vicinity of the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal plant at Ropar, besides assured gas supply from Dadri-Nangal pipeline," a spokesman of the chief minister's office said.