Farakka Super Thermal Power Station
Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in Murshidabad district in Indian state of West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC.The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.
Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity | Date of Commissioning |
First | 1 | 200 | January, 1986 |
First | 2 | 200 | December, 1986 |
First | 3 | 200 | August, 1987 |
Second | 4 | 500 | September, 1992 |
Second | 5 | 500 | February, 1994 |
Third | 6 | 500 | April, 2012 |
Total | Six | 2100 | |
A major coal mining project of Eastern Coalfields Limited is going on in Boarijore, Mahagama and Sunderpahari CD Blocks of Godda district in Jharkhand. Rajmahal open cast project supplies coal to the Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 2,340 MW Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station. Coal import from Indonesia for Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant by Farakka Port and National Waterway 1.Jindal ITF Limited coal carry by barge from Haldia Port to Farakka.