CCI may consider land compensation exemption for Reliance Power plant

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Investment may decide tomorrow whether Reliance Power's ultra mega power project at Tilaiya in Jharkhand should be exempted from providing non-forest land to compensate for the loss of forest land to be acquired for the project.

At present, only the central government or public sector undertakings are exempted from the obligation to provide non-forest land.

"This issue is expected to be taken up in tomorrow's CCI meeting," sources said.

Reliance Power has won contracts to set up two other ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) - at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh and at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

A UMPP is coal-based power plant with a capacity of about 4,000 MW built at an approximate cost of Rs 20,000 crore.