Orissa UMPP project attracts 20 cos

Tata Power, Larsen & Toubro, Adani and Vedanta are among the 20 companies that have bid for the government's fifth ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Bedabahal in Orissa's Sundargarh district; so have government owned Nalco and NTPC, besides companies from groups such as Essar, Aditya Birla, RPG, GMR, GVK, CESC, Welspun, Jaypee, Torrent and Videocon. The Orissa project worth around Rs 17,000 crore, at 4,000 MW, was put up for bidding after the fourth UMPP at Tilaiya (Jharkhand) was awarded to Reliance Power in January 2009.Contact: Government of Orissa.Tel: 0674-258 6584. Fax: 0674-258 2842. E-mail: itsec@ori.nic.in  Website: www.orissa.gov.in