The first unit of the 1,400 mw Rajpura thermal power plant in Punjab will start generating power on December 8, said the Punjab Government on June 9. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, while reviewing the construction and progress of thermal plant entailing a cost of Rs 9,000 crore said the second unit of the plant will be commissioned on ‘Baisakhi’ day next year.
Work on the thermal plant would be completed ahead of schedule as 90 per cent work on one unit (700 mw) is complete and work on the second unit is almost 80 per cent complete, officials said. They further said the coal supply deal has already been signed with Coal India.