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PFC Consulting Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has extended the deadline to respond to bids for the first ultra-mega power project in Odisha to be set up at Bhedabahal near Sundargarh.
The last date of submission of response to bids has been revised to March 28 from March 20 earlier.
Last month, PFC Consulting had invited bids to select consultant for developing coal blocks allocated for the Bhedabahal UMPP.
PFC is the nodal agency for implementing UMPPs. Meenakshi, Meenakshi-Band dip side of Meenakshi coal blocks have been allocated for the 4,000 Mw plant to be built at Bhedabahal.
“PFCCL wishes to avail services of a consulting organization to undertake consultancy assignment for preparation of geological report, mining plan, feasibility report, EIA (environment impact assessment)/EMP (environment management plan) studies, land acquisition and forest clearance in respect of Meenakshi, Meenakshi-B and dip side of Meenakshi coal blocks,” the bid document stated. The annual requirement of fuel for the Bhedabahal UMPP has been estimated at 19-20 million tonne 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 dipside of Meenakshi coal blocks. The coal block area involves 102 ha of reserve/ protected forest, 332 hare venue forest, 236 ha of government land and 638 ha of private land. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute (CMPDIL), a fully owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL), has already carried out regional exploration in Meenakshi-B and dip side of Meenakshi coal block area. The Request for Qualification (RFQ) for the UMPP was issued on September25 last year. Odisha Integrated Power Ltd (OIPL), the special purpose vehicle floated by PFC to implement the UMPP, has received applications from nine prospective developers — Adani Power Ltd, CLP India Ltd, Jindal Power Ltd, JSW Energy Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T), National Hydro Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC), NTPC Ltd, Sterlite Infraventures Ltd and Tata Power Ltd.
OIPL has submitted a revised proposal for environment clearance in October 2013 . The proposal is under consideration of the Union ministry of environment & forests(MoEF).
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 (DBFOT) basis.
