Jaipur, Jul 18 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved proposals for setting up two units of 660 MW capacity each at Chhabra and a 800 MW unit at Kalisindh power project, a statement said.

Expanding the Chhabra Thermal Power Project, two units based on ultra supercritical technology will be set up at a cost of Rs 9,606.06 crore. Besides this, expanding the Kalisindh Thermal Power Project, a unit of 800 MW will be set up based on ultra supercritical technology at a cost of Rs 6,054.58 crore.

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The state government not only wants to make Rajasthan self-reliant in power generation but trying to make it a power surplus, an official statement said.

With the setting up of power projects of a total 2,120 MW in Chhabra and Kalisindh, the state will not only move fast towards becoming self-sufficient in the field of power generation but there will also be an increase in the employment opportunities and the local area development, it said.

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Gehlot in the 2022-23 budget had announced to set up thermal power projects based on ultra supercritical technology to save coal, reduce pollution and conserve the environment.

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