Peddapalli district carved out of Karimnagar district is
likely to emerge a power hub in Telangana with several power projects
and other industries coming up in Ramagundam coal belt region.
The
newly-formed Peddapalli district has Singareni coal belt, NTPC,
Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited, Kesoram Cements and
abundant natural resources, including Godavari and Manair rivers, and
fertile land making the district a prosperous one on all fronts.
The
Ramagundam coal belt houses 2,600-MW National Thermal Power
Corporation, 62.5-MW Telangana Genco’s thermal power project, 18-MW
Singareni captive power project, 15.5-MW Kesoram cements captive power
project and 10-MW solar plant maintained by NTPC.
Freshly,
NTPC Ramagundam has taken up Telangana super thermal power project
(TSTPP) of 4,000 MW capacity in the existing power station sanctioned
under the AP States Reorganisation Act. In the first phase, it would
take up a project with 1,600 MW capacity at a cost of Rs. 10,600 crore
and in the second phase, it would take up 2,400 MW. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone for the execution of
the power plant.
From the existing NTPC Ramagundam,
Telangana was receiving its share of 29 per cent power. With the
4,000-MW TSTPP, the State would receive 75 per cent of power generated
from the power station.
Similarly, the closed
Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) is being revived as Ramagundam
Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL) at Ramagundam at a cost of Rs.
5,200 crore. The RFCL would tentatively begin production from 2019.
Agricultural scenario
With
the completion of Sripada Yellampalli Project and SRSP command area,
the agricultural scenario would be completely changed in the new
Peddapalli district. At present, the area of cultivation of paddy in the
district is 65,705 hectares and cotton is 38,398 hectares. With the
irrigation projects being full, the area of cultivation is likely to go
up further in the district.
Members of Telangana
Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham (TGBKS), a trade union affiliated to TRS,
said that Peddapalli district would emerge a power hub of Telangana with
new coal projects coming up here
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