Tamil Nadu will get relief from the current power crisis with the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the Government told the Lok Sabha today.
“Tamil Nadu will get more than 900 MW power when the Kudankulam project is commissioned,” the Minister of State for Power, Mr K.C. Venugopal, said during Question Hour. He said the power situation in the southern state would be better when other ongoing power projects in state were commissioned.
He said capacity addition of 20,502 MW was achieved during 2011-12, which is the highest ever capacity addition in any single year.
“During 2011—12, the electricity generation in the country was 876.44 billion units with a growth of 8.05 per cent over the generation during the year 2010—11,” he said.