Somewhere in Uttar Pradesh....

Within days of Chief Minsiter Akhilesh Yadav taking over the reins in Uttar Pradesh, the Anil Ambani promoted Reliance Power announced commissioning of the fourth unit of 300 MW capacity at Rosa thermal plant in Shahjahanpur district. The unit, which got commissioned on March 31, was running on a full load capacity, company officials said. “With this, the power plant achieved its full capacity of 1,200 MW. The plant has four units of 300 MW capacity each. The project was scheduled to be completed in July this year,” Reliance Power said in a statement on Monday. The final 300 MW unit of Rosa Project was synchronized and achieved full load on March 28. Immediately after the successful completion of 72 hours full load test, the COD (Date of Commercial Operation) of Unit-4 of Rosa Project was declared on March 31. Earlier, Unit-3 of the project was also brought online in December 2011, three months in advance, compared to scheduled implementation in March 2012. With the completion of entire 1,200 MW, Rosa Power Project has achieved the distinction of becoming the first new thermal power project to be set up in the state during the last 20 years. The company claimed that the project was also the first independent thermal power project in North India to be brought online and represents the largest-ever private sector investment in Uttar Pradesh, with an investment outlay of over Rs 6,000 crore. The 1,200 MW Rosa power project will supply its full capacity to Uttar Pradesh. The project will contribute for over 15% of UP’s total energy requirement and will light up about 30 lakh households of the power starved state. Completion of Rosa Project will help reduce UP’s power deficit significantly. The project has also played a vital role in socio-economic development of the area by creating 5,000 direct and indirect jobs and instituting vocational and skill enhancement programmes to enhance the employability of locals.