Andhra Pradesh Power Projects

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  Polavaram Row: Andhra Government Says Saving 782 Crore By Re-Tendering

  The Andhra Pradesh government says they are saving Rs 782 crore by ordering reverse tendering of Polavaram irrigation works and hydel power project works.

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  Row Over Nellore Power Plant: Power For 5 Million Or Reason To Fear?

  A Rs 20,000 crore thermal project in Nellore, which is the largest Foreign Direct Investment-driven project in the country, is today the boast and pride of Andhra Pradesh. The 2640 MW Sembcorp Gayathri power complex is a collaborative project with a Singapore-based firm and is expected to supply power to over five million people.

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  Andhra Pradesh Gets Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore Investment Pledge On Day 2 Of Summit

  Australia-based Queensland Coal Corp today agreed to set up a coal-based power plant in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of over Rs 30,000 crore as the state received projects commitments worth Rs 1.70 lakh crore on the second day of CII Partnership Summit.

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  Environment Ministry Gives 'Green Signal' to Power Project in Telangana

  The Ministry of Environment and Forests has given 'green signal' to a power project being set up by state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Telangana while it has deferred another project of the Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) in Andhra Pradesh.

• Japan Keen to Develop Andhra Pradesh's Capital City

  Japan is keen to develop various projects in Andhra Pradesh, including state capital in Vijayawada-Guntur region as a smart city and three power plants of 10,000 Megawatts.

• Andhra Pradesh Government to Set Up Three Major Solar Power Projects in Rayalaseema

  Andhra Pradesh government has lined up three major projects to produce 2,500 MW of solar power in the Rayalaseema region of the state.

• Will Congress Hold on to Temple Town Tirupati This Time?

  Stalled infrastructural projects for airports and power plants have become focal isues in these elections.

• TRS writes to President over power 'loss' to Telangana

  TRS today complained to President Pranab Mukherjee about alleged loss caused to Telangana on the energy front in the division of Andhra Pradesh and about certain villages facing submergence due to a multi-purpose irrigation project being given to Seemandhra.

• Crores flow, but no water for farmers in Andhra Pradesh

  At a time when farmers are driven to suicides because there is no water, in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh at least Rs 10,000 crore have been spent on a lift irrigation project that after 10 years still lies idle most of the year. Hardly three months in a year, after the rains, there is water inflow and even that can be lifted and supplie...

• Andhra Pradesh government to provide solar power to new villages

  The Non-conventional Energy Sources Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP) plans to provide total solar power to newly constructed villages under the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Scheme of the Andhra Pradesh government, its project director M Ramamohan said. In Andhra Pradesh, street lighting in 47 villages have been equipped with...

• Loan extended by Rs 10,873 for three key power projects in Andhra Pradesh

  Giving a fillip to the cash-starved Power Generation Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (AP Genco), the Rural Electrification Corporation has agreed to extend a loan of Rs 10,873 crore for three power projects in the state.

• Prime Minister to review decision on reducing gas quota to Andhra Pradesh

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday will review 0the EGoM's decision to reduce quota of gas to power projects in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy said yesterday.

• Kiran Kumar Reddy goes to Delhi to meet Prime Minister over gas quota issue

  Facing flak from Opposition over the Centre's decision to reduce quota of gas to gas-based power projects in the state, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh today said efforts are being made to see that people do not suffer on account of problems in power sector

• Work on power project at Kudgi begins

  State-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd on Saturday commenced work on the first phase of the 4,000 megawatt super thermal power plant in Karnataka's Bijapur district.

• Wetlands presented as wastelands: Undoing the lies

  On national television, thousands of villagers were seen running as the police opened fire. Two people died in Sompeta, in north coastal Andhra Pradesh. And in a matter of minutes, the Srikakulam cause became familiar to the rest of the country.It is a battle that environmentalists and several villages have fought for over an year now. All to save ...