Haryana: 900-MW power plant to be set up in Yamunanagar

A 900-megawatt power plant will be set up in Yamunanagar, Haryana, said an official statement here on Wednesday. It said the chief minister has given the green signal to the proposal to set up another power plant at Yamunanagar and soon its site ion and detailed project report (DPR) will be approved.At present, Yamunanagar also has a thermal power plant.Haryana has continuously progressed in the power sector since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966, with an increase in the electricity availability from 343 megawatt at that time to 13,106.58 MW at present, the statement said.It has become self-sufficient in terms of power availability in the state in the last eight years, the statement added.Many power reforms were carried out by .....