Bihar to get 179 MW more power from Nabinagar plant

Bihar will get an additional 179 MW power from the 1,980 MW Nabinagar thermal plant being set up in Aurangabad. Earlier, the Centre had allocated 69 per cent, 1,374 MW to the state from 1,980 MW of Stage-I of the power plant. With the additional allocation, the state will get a total 1,553 MW of power from Stage-I, whose first unit of 660 MW is expected to start generation from March 2017 while other two units of 660 MW each by September 2017 and March 2018.