Reliance Power ineligible for 3 UMPPs including Tilaiya project : Panel

NEW DELHI: Calling for a probe into award of three ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) to Reliance Power, a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday said the power ministry selected an "ineligible bidder” for Tilaiya, Sasan and Krishnapatnam projects.

The report by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was tabled in Parliament a day after Reliance Power pulled out Tilaiya power project in Jharkhand, citing inordinate delay in land acquisition. The damning report by the PAC headed by Congress leader K V Thomas, expressed serious concern over the manner in which ultra mega power projects were awarded.