Gagan Power & Natural Resources

Gagan Power & Natural Resources Ltd is an Indian company which has proposed to build a 1320 megawatt Bhagapur power station near the village of Saraidaha & Mohulpahari, Block Shikaripara & Raneshwar, in Dumka District, Jharkhand.

While the details on the proposal are sketchy, one source states that the project would be co-located with an identically sized plant to be built by Jindal Steel & Power. The website states that "a common Coal Handling Plant will be located at 1.5 km and common Ash Pond will be located at about 5.5 km away from the plant site. A single location water reservoir will cater to both the plants. The captive power plant is for captive power requirement for the Integrated Steel Plants of capacities 6.0 MTPA and 5.0 MTPA located at Balkudra and Asanboni respectively. Coal requirement will be about 7.0 MTPA. Coal Block located about 13 kms away has been allotted jointly at Aamrkonda ? Murgadangal Coal Block, which has a reserve of 410.0 MT. Coal transportation from mine to CHP will be through conveyor system over a distance of about 13 km. Water will be obtained from Brahmini and Dwarika River for JSPL and from Brahmini River for  GPL."

Contact details
Gagan Pawer Ltd. 28, Najafgarh Road,New Delhi 110015 Delhi

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