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PM Modi to inaugurate 2nd unit of Palatana power project in Tripura

The inauguration is scheduled for December 1

Narendra Modi
Press Trust of India Agartala
Last Updated : Nov 26 2014 | 3:18 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second unit of 726 mw gas based thermal power project at Palatana in Gomati district of Tripura on December one.

"Prime Minister will inaugurate the second unit of Palatana project on December one. We'll start its generation from November 28 as trial," ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC) Chairman cum Managing Director S K Dubey said today.

"The generation of power from the second unit will continue for seven to eight days and then it will be closed for cooling. The commercial production will be started from January next," Dubey told reporters here.

The north eastern states would get its share and the rate of selling power would be decided by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), he said.

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First Published: Nov 26 2014 | 2:56 PM IST

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