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nhpcRest 87 per cent of power could be sold in open market, he said hailing it as an effort to build Orissa as a hub of power gerenation. The state government had earlier signed MoUs with 29 private companies for setting up thermal power units with installed capacity of 50,000 MW of power.This apart, the chief secretary said the state owned Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) and a joint venture company between OHPC and Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) were also setting up power generation units.Even as the state government had taken several steps for establishment of several thermal power stations, MoU with NHPC was significant as it was central PSU's first hydro-power generation project in Orissa, finance minister P C Ghadai said.While the state is endowed with plenty of water resources, it had so far installed hydro-power generation capacity of only 2142 MW. "We need to work hard to install more hydro-power generation stations as they are chepeast and eco-friendly," the chief minister said

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nhpcSalal Hydro-electric Power Project in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir is being shut down on July 17 to check its functioninNHPC is taking shut down of Salal Bus Bars for reservoir flushing to check the functioning of Local Breaker Back Protection (LBB) protection at Salal Power House on July 17 from 8.00 AM to 6.00 PM," an official spokesman said.
It is likely to disturb power availability position in the State,he said.
J&K State Power Development Department shall use all possible means to meet the shortage of power due to shutdown of this power house but occasional curtailment in some areas being fed from Gladni Grid Station might become unavoidable, he said.

General public is requested to cooperate and use power judiciously, the spokesman said.

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