Patna, June 29 (IANS) Power-starved Bihar could soon get a nuclear power plant. President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had first mooted the idea of a nuclear power plant for Bihar during his visit to the state in February.
A high-level experts team of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) will visit Bihar early next month to begin preliminary work for selecting a site for a proposed plant.
M.M. Singh, chairman of the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB), said that NPCIL had informed him of the visit. 'NPCIL executive director S. Thakur has communicated this to us,' Singh said. The BSEB has set up a five-member team to assist NPCIL in the selection of a site.
The BSEB has proposed to the centre for setting up a 2,000 MW nuclear power plant in Rajauli in Nawada district, about 150 km from Patna.
'The NPCIL team will make preliminary investigations and a technical feasibility study before giving the go ahead signal for site selection,' an official of the state energy department told IANS Thursday.
The state government is keen to offer alternate sites in Gaya and Aurangabad districts to the NPCIL.
Kalam's proposal had been backed and supported by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also took it up strongly with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
'The power situation in Bihar is very bad as the state is totally dependent on the central grid for electricity supply,' an official said
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