Lucknow,Sahara India Power Corporation Limited (SIPCL) is setting up 2X 660(1320) MW Power Plant with investment of Rs. 8000 Crores based on Supercritical Technology. This Plant is based on advanced / best technology of world with participation of Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd., a company owned by the Government of Korea. This plant will operate with effluents of less than 50% of the limits fixed by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India in their pollution standards.

The plant will operate with high pressure and high temperature thereby reducing coal consumption, which will drastically reduce SPM, SOX, and NOX. The Chimney height of 275 mtr. will help in keeping the environment clean. There will be green belt of 100 meter width adjoining the plant boundary and a total of 320 acres of plant will be in the greenbelt area. There will be a huge water reservoir having capacity of 11 lakh cubic meter inside the plant boundary. These environmental measures will help in control of temperature and there will not be any increase in the ambient temperature levels of the locality compared to the present.

This plant is located in the Titilagarh Tahasil of Balangir district in KBK Region where at present no major industry exists. The plant will be located in 950 Acres. There will be no displacement in the area. There is no forest land & irrigated land within the area earmarked. Orissa Water Department has sanctioned 50 Cusecs water to be drawn from Tel River. The plant is located about 2.00 Km away from river Tel thereby leaving substantial land for use by villagers for cultivation of vegetables etc.

The plant is envisaged with zero discharge i.e. no waste water will go outside the plant. All waste water will be treated and used within the plant. The Supercritical Technology envisages less consumption of water and fuel thereby resulting in low generation of ash. The ash generated will be disposed off with advanced technology high density system so that there will be no fly ash issues in the vicinity. The entire ash generated will be used in land filling, cement-industry, brick making, fertilizer etc. as per MOEF norms.

As per MOU with State Govt. 90% of Unskilled people, 60% skilled people, 30% Supervisory managerial people will be filled up by Project affected people (1st Preference) and people of Orissa. About 2000 people will get direct / indirect employments through the project.

With establishment of this Power Plant and availability of electricity many small and large scale industries will come up in the area generating major employment, self employment and business opportunities vastly improving the per capita income and living standards. There will be unprecedented all round economic growth in the area / Balangir district, the seed for which will be sown by implementation of the power plant by Sahara.

To reap fullest, SIPCL will train the local people by establishing ITI and training centres. Primary & higher education in the area will be supported by SIPCL. SIPCL has already initiated its CSR activities where SIPCL has been supplying potable drinking water in Titilagarh area in recent dry summer season & 3 nos. Of Mobile Health Unit (MHU) vans are operating in the Titilagarh and adjacent areas with qualified doctors and free medicines to take care of primary health of village people. All other corporate social responsibility will be in accordance with that decided by RPDAC and state Govt. from time to time.

Sahara is well known in the country for its social responsibility commitments and the local people will be benefited through these efforts with overall improvement in health, education, agriculture, communication and sports activities etc.

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About Sahara India Pariwar

Sahara India Pariwar is a multi-business conglomerate with diversified business interests that include financial services, housing finance, mutual funds, life insurance, city development, real estate activities, print and television media, film production, sports, information technology, health care, tourism, and hospitality and consumer products.

Saharasri Subrata Roy Sahara founded Sahara India Pariwar in the year 1978 with only Rs. 2000, one office of 10 X 12, 2 assistants and a vision that has enabled Sahara India Group to grow into one of the major conglomerates of India, with a book value of gross assets of more than USD 13 billion.

Sahara is based upon Saharasri Subrata Roy Saharas belief in the ethos of a family (the reason why the group is called a Pariwar - family in Hindi) and was termed by the Time magazine as the second largest employer in India after the Indian Railways.