 "Rs 225-cr compensation disbursed for Odisha UMPP")
PFC is the nodal agency for implementing UMPPs across the country. The total compensation for 2,733 acres of private land acquired for the project has been worked out to be Rs 634 crore.
The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) has raised an additional demand of Rs 145 crore towards revised estimated cost and administration charges for acquisition of the private land. The UMPP needs 3,246 acres land in all that includes 2,733 acres private land, 444 acres government land and the rest 69 acres revenue forest land.
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The government non-forest land of 444 acres is being alienated in 33 cases. Out of 33 cases, seven cases have been sanctioned by the district administration and demand raised to Idco for depositing the government land fees. The balance 26 cases are being processed by the district administration.
The R&R plan has been provisionally approved by the Rehabilitation and Periphery Development Advisory Committee. But land for R&R colony is yet to be finalized by the district administration. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur has been engaged as consultant by OIPL for planning and designing the R&R colony.
Meanwhile, OIPL has received applications from nine prospective developers — Adani Power, CLP India, Jindal Power, JSW Energy, Larsen & Toubro, National Hydro Power Corporation, NTPC, Sterlite Infraventures and Tata Power.
The selection of bidder is being done as per the tariff based competitive bidding guidelines issued by the Central government on design, build, finance, own and transfer basis.
Recently, PFC Consulting, also a fully-owned subsidiary of PFC, had invited bids to select consultant for developing coal blocks allocated for the Bhedabahal UMPP.
Meenakshi, Meenakshi-B and dip side of Meenakshi blocks have been allocated for the 4,000 Mw plant to be built at Bhedabahal in western Odisha’s Sundargarh district.
The annual requirement of fuel for the Bhedabahal UMPP has been estimated at 19-20 million tonnes of coal.
The coal from the allocated blocks will move from pit head to coal loading point at Dhuka chowk through a six-km belt conveyor system. After loading, the coal would be transported through MGR (merry go round) system of about 64-km loop length (aerial distance of 31 km).
The total land requirement of developing the coal mines is 1308 hectares (ha)- 492 ha for Menakshi, 486 ha for Meenakshi-B and 330 ha for dip side of Meenakshi coal blocks.
The coal block area involves 102 ha of reserve/protected forest, 332 ha revenue forest, 236 ha of government land and 638 ha of private land.
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute, a fully-owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, has already carried out regional exploration in Meenakshi-B and dip side of Meenakshi coal block area.