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NTPC continues to pursue the project, and will consider a government request to have it fueled by domestic rather than imported coal.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Industry/gzkLmgNE7kNDm4fPBx4uuL/India-backtracks-on-importonly-coal-power-plant-amid-fuel-g.html "India backtracks on import-only coal power plant amid fuel glut,"] Live Mint, Aug 4, 2016</ref> In November 2016 it was reported that long-term coal linkage was delayed, "and there was no progress in the project except acquiring 1,200 acres from the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation."<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Delay-in-coal-linkage-hits-deadline-of-NTPC-Pudimadaka-project/article16712208.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication "Delay in coal linkage hits deadline of NTPC Pudimadaka project,"] The Hindu, Nov 28, 2016</ref>
In May 2017 it was reported the Union Cabinet gave the thumbs-up to a new coal linkage policy, the first step in NTPC being allotted a coal block at Ranigunj Coalfields for the plant. “Now we will wait for the detailed policy to decide what to do next,” a senior NTPC official told The Hindu. According to the Hindu: "The glut in the power sector may also force the NTPC not to take up the project immediately even if it is sanctioned fuel linkage." The project has not progressed beyond acquiring 1,200 acres for the plant two years ago.<ref>Santosh Patnaik, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/hopes-revive-on-pudimadaka-project/article18500264.ece "Hopes revive on Pudimadaka project,"] The Hindu, May 19, 2017</ref>
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