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{{stub}}{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Ratnagiri Power Plant''' is a proposed 1200-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India. It is also the location of a proposal for a 3,200 MW expansion.
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==Location==
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.<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>
==Project Detailsfor 3200 MW expansion==
'''Sponsor:''' [[JSW Energy]]<br>
'''Location:''' Jaigad, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra<br>
