In a significant development, the engineers of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TS-Genco) have taken up boiler light up and auxiliary boiler light-up of Unit-I and II of the 5×800 megawatt Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) near Veerlapalem in Damaracharla mandal of Nalgonda district on Tuesday.
The boiler light up will set in motion the process of commencement of power generation in the plant first on an experimental basis and later on a commercial basis. As per the revised environmental clearance granted to the project in April first week, the first two units are scheduled to be commissioned on October 15 this year.
The EC given to the project in June 2017 was suspended by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in September 2022 following the change in utilisation of coal from the initial blend of 50% each imported and indigenous coal to 100% indigenous coal and a complaint lodged by an NGO on the change of use in coal and its impact on the local environment. The NGT had had ordered fresh public hearing and appraisal of the project proposal.
