Centre to give 1,210MW addl power to Maharahstra

The central government today assured Maharashtra, which is reeling under acute power crisis, that it would provide as much as 1,210 MW of electricity including 610 MW at normal rates to tide over the situation.

An assurance to this effect was given by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh after a 40-minute meeting that deliberated on short-term measures to address the problem.

Deshmukh told reporters that out of the 610 MW, 300 MW would come from the Kawas project in Gujarat and 250 MW from the Tarapur nuclear power plant.