The government of Punjab is exploring the possibility of setting up of two new thermal units of 660 MW each at Ropar in view of availability of required infrastructure.

Last year in October, the Punjab government had announced in the setting up of two 660 MW units in state sector near Mukerian.

Quoting sources, reports said the possibility of setting up these units along with existing thermal units at Ropar is now being explored.

Ropar thermal plant has six units of 210 MW each.The available land, water, rail linkage, initial man power and other basic amenities needed to set up a new project are already available and can be suitably extended.

A team of engineers visited Ropar few days back to study the possibility of setting up the project having 2 units of 660 MW each and the assess the future land requirements.

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