WBPDCL launches ₹4,400-cr supercritical power plant

West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) has started work for setting up its ₹4,400 crore Sagardighi supercritical power plant, to be completed over the next three-and-half years. The company has considered July 1 as the "zero date" for the implementation of the 660-MW thermal power plant project in Murshidabad district. WBPDCL director Indranil Dutta informed that the preliminary work like ground-levelling has commenced and the project completion period is counted from the zero date. Financial closure has been achieved and the Power Finance Corporation is offering the debt. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged an order worth ₹3,500 crore for supplying boiler, turbine, generator (BTG) for the project. The WBPDCL has four units of 1600-MW in Sagardighi and the fifth one will increase the plant's capacity to 2,260 MW. The power producer has four more plants in Bandel, Bakreswar, Kolaghat and Santaldihi with an overall generation capacity of 3,150 MW. It will take 42 months to complete the construction of the unit and another three months will be required for synchronization before its commissioning.