Katni power station

The Katni power station is a proposed 1,980 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station of Welspun Energy in the Katni District of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location
The map below shows the location of Katni District, Madhya Pradesh, India but not the exact location of the project.

The company's 2010-2011 Bidder Qualification Criteria document states that approximately 183.8 hectares of land acquisition was already completed, and the terms of reference for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Division approval by the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) had been done and a public hearing held. Welspun has applied for coal linkage to the Ministry of Coal, and the water resources department (WRD) of Madhya Pradesh has accorded, in principle, approval for the project's water allocation.

November 2012: Woman immolates herself in protest
A Katni district villager, Sunia Bai, died one day after set herself on fire on Diwali day in protest over land acquisition for the plant. Following the self-immolation, police responded to a protest by residents of Bujbuja and Dakaria villages with a lathicharge, seizing the body. According to villagers, the police had threatened to bulldoze the home of Sunia Bai and her husband Chhaka Gadari. In addition, police arrested 12 villagers as well as former Janata Dal (United) MLA Saroj Bachchan Nayak. Protesters demanded that land acquired for the project be returned to farmers. Farmers also built funeral pyres on their land and warmed that they would immolate themselves if forcibly evicted. A second villager threatened with eviction, Pyare Lai Choudhary, was admitted to the hospital after drinking poison in a suicide attempt.

Project Details
Sponsor: Welspun Energy Location: Katni District, Madhya Pradesh, India Coordinates: 23.834659, 80.395517 (approximate area only) Status: Advanced development Nameplate capacity: 1,980 MW Type: Supercritical Projected in service: Coal Type: Coal Source: Estimated annual CO2: 11,709,128 tons Source of financing:

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