Ratnagiri Power Plant
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} The Jaigad coal plant is a proposed 4,400 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station (1,200 MW in the first phase and 3,200 in the second phase) planned by JSW Energy for Jaigad, in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India.[1] Maharashtra is among India’s most industrialized states, and is seeking to make itself an "attractive investment destination" for manufacturers to maintain its primacy in the sector.[2]
In July 2011, JSW Energy said it was delaying expansion of its 3,200 MW coal plant in Ratnagiri as it waits for coal-pricing “clarity” from Indonesia and Australia.[3]
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Citizen opposition
In May 2011, farmers marched to protest coal plants in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, in an area known as the Konkan Coast. The protests were organized by the Ratnagiri Zilla Jagruk Manch, an organization leading a campaign against seven thermal power plants proposed for the district. In Pawas, Ratnagiri district, villagers protested with a hunger strike.[4][5]
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References
- ↑ "Western Ghats" Environmental Information Centre, accessed Oct. 2011.
- ↑ Makarand Gadgil, "R-Power wants to scrap Raigad power project" Wall Street Journal, Sep. 10, 2011.
- ↑ Rajesh Kumar Singh, "Billionaire Jindal’s JSW Delays Power-Project Expansion on High Coal Costs" Bloomberg, July 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Fuelling dissent: Coal power plants," NDTV, May 1, 2011
- ↑ "Another Nandigran?" Tehelka, November 21, 2009
