The Hindu Business Line
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2007
 
 
 
 
The following article was published in Hindu Business Line (Indian Newspaper) on June 30, 2007. As per the article Cethar Vessels Ltd, has plans to set up coal fired power plants on west coast of Maharashtra (India). It is going to be an environmental disaster for this beautiful naturally gifted area of Raigad district (Maharashtra). Can the GreenPeace help us to prevent this environmental disaster?

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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Cethar Vessels Ltd, plans to set up a turbine manufacturing unit under a joint venture. The unit will have an annual production capacity of 4,000 MW and will come up at Tiruchi at an investment of over Rs.800 crore. The company plans to manufacture sub-critical boilers of 600 MW capacity.

The company is currently implementing a Rs.420 crore expansion plans to augment its power equipment capacity from 5000 MW to 8000 MW per year.

Apart from manufacturing turbines, the company has also drawn up plans to set up a 2 X 135 MW utility power plant at vhile Bhagar, Raigad district in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 1,100 crore. The power plant is expected to be commissioned by June 2009.