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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.<ref>Makarand Gadgil, [http://www.livemint.com/2011/09/10000526/RPower-wants-to-scrap-Raigad.html?h=B "R-Power wants to scrap Raigad power project"] Wall Street Journal, Sep. 10, 2011.</ref>
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{{stub}}{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} The '''Jaigad coal plant''' is a proposed 3,200 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station planned by [[JSW Energy]] for Jaigad, in the Ratnagiri in district of Maharashtra, India.<ref>[http://envis.maharashtra.gov.in/envis_data/?q=wghats_10 "Western Ghats"] Environmental Information Centre, accessed Oct. 2011.</ref> 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.<ref>Makarand Gadgil, [http://www.livemint.com/2011/09/10000526/RPower-wants-to-scrap-Raigad.html?h=B "R-Power wants to scrap Raigad power project"] Wall Street Journal, Sep. 10, 2011.</ref>
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.<ref>Rajesh Kumar Singh, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-22/billionaire-jindal-s-jsw-delays-power-project-expansion-on-high-coal-costs.html "Billionaire Jindal’s JSW Delays Power-Project Expansion on High Coal Costs"] Bloomberg, July 22, 2011.</ref>
==Citizen opposition==
In May 2011, armers 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.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fuelling-dissent-coal-power-plants-102602 "Fuelling dissent: Coal power plants,"] NDTV, May 1, 2011</ref><Ref>[http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne211109another_nandigram.asp "Another Nandigran?"] Tehelka, November 21, 2009</ref>
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