NLC seeks land nod for Jayamkondam PP

Perambalur: Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), the executing agency for the Jayamkondam Lignite Power Project (JLPP), has sent a proposal for acquisition of additional lands for the JLPP.

The NLC has sent the proposal to the Special Commissioner and Commissioner of Land Administration, Chennai, to acquire additional 8,979 hectares for the JLPP, the District Collector, Mr Anil Meshram, told Business Line on Monday. The lands were located in about 20 villages in Udayarpalayam taluk of the newly-formed Ariyalur district.

The NLC has divided the lignite reserves in the area into two zones – north block and the south block.

The extent of acquisition has been estimated at 3,686 hectares in the north block and 5,293 hectares in the south block.

According to official sources, the additional site needed for JLPP had already been inspected by the District Collector and the District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), as per the norms stipulated by the Department of Land Administration.

The Revenue officials were preparing the details of land value based on the data available with the Registration Department.

The General Manager (Business Development), NLC, Mr P. Vedagiri, who was here to participate in an official meeting, said that the annual mining capacity would be 13.5 million tonnes.

To start with, a thermal station with 2 x 800 MW each has been planned to be set up in the north block.

The total project cost would be around Rs 10,000 crores for the mine cut and the thermal station put together, Mr Vedagiri said. In the south block, one unit of 800 MW would be set up later.

Official sources said that the current acquisition plan would be in addition to 4,023 hectares already taken over by the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) including 3,602 hectares of assigned land and the balance 421 hectares of poromboke land through alienation.