Tata Power to pursue expansion of Mundra UMPP.

Tata Power repeated its plan to expand Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP), by adding two more units of 800 megawatts (Mw) each. With this, the capacity of the Mundra UMPP will rise to 5,600 Mw from 4,000 Mw. The company is currently pursuing the environment clearance and other statutory clearances with the ministry of environment and forests and ministry of power.

At the 96th annual general meeting here, the Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry strongly defended the proposed expansion saying that it was to leverage the existing infrastructure. He, however, did not divulge further details with regard to the capex required for the Mundra UMPP expansion.

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