Chennai, – ” Commercial power generation at the North Chennai Thermal Power Station will start by the end of this year, ” said Power Minister Senthil Balaji.
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board is setting up an 800 MW thermal power plant in Tiruvallur district at a cost of Rs 8,723 crore under the name ‘North Chennai-3’. These works were inspected by Power Minister Senthilpalaji yesterday. He said: In 2010, when Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister, the ‘North Chennai-3’ power project was announced; Power generation should start in 2019. In the AIADMK regime, work was in a slump. So far 83 percent of the work has been completed; Commercial power generation will start in December. Measures have been taken to increase the Board’s own power generation capacity by an additional 6,220 MW in five years, he said.