Government evaluating site in Bihar for 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project.

The Power Ministry is evaluating a site in Bihar for setting up a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project and has approached the Coal Ministry for allocation of a nearest coal block for the thermal plant.

'We are considering a site in Bihar to set up a 4,000 MW UMPP. Land has been identified, water is available and we have even written to the Ministry of Coal on allocating a nearest coal block,' a Power Ministry official told PTI without divulging the name of the location.

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