The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that there was a long delay in the execution and commissioning of the 5×800 megawatt Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Telangana and the first two units of the super-critical ultra-mega power plant were likely to be commissioned in December this year.
In response to a question raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member from Telangana, K. Laxman, Union Minister of Power R.K. Singh stated that the physical progress of work on the five units was ranging between 72% and 81% as on July 31. Although all the five units should have been commissioned by October last year, there was time overrun for all the five units.
Mr. Singh further stated that even if all the five units were commissioned as per the anticipated schedule, the time overrun in their commissioning would be from 2 years two months to 2 years six months. The original (initially planned) date of commissioning of the first two units was October 2021, next two units was June 2022 and the fifth unit October 2022.
