Lanco gets environmental clearance for Maharashtra power project

MUMBAI: Leading infrastructure group Lanco Infratech today said it has received environmental clearance for its 1,320 MW coal-based thermal power project in Maharashtra.

The company's subsidiary Lanco Vidarbha Thermal Power Ltd has got the approval for the project from Ministry of Environment & Forests.

"(The approval is) for setting up 1,320 (2X660) MW coal-based super critical thermal power project at village Mandva, in Wardha taluk and district in Maharashtra," Lanco Infratech said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Lanco Infratech is into construction, power and infrastructure, among others.

Shares of the company closed at Rs 38, down over three per cent on the BSE.