Bhadradri Thermal Power Station is a proposed

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...

project located near Edulla Bayyaram at

Manuguru Manuguru is a census town and mandal in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the Indian state of Telangana. It falls under the Mahaboobabad Parliamentary constituency and the Pinapaka Assembly constituency. Manuguru is an urban area situated on t ...

in the Indian state of

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

History

Former Chief Minister of Telangana

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), frequently known by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician currently representing the Gajwel Assembly constituency and serving as the leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislati ...

laid down foundation stone for this project on 28 March 2015. The project started to help resolve the power crisis in Telangana. TG Govt was planning to make this plant operational within three years. Plant construction is by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. MoEF gave environment clearance to the project on 15 March 2017 and

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started EPC works on war footing to complete the first Unit by 2019. The first unit was synchronised on 19 September 2019, full load was achieved on 20 March 2020 and the trial run completed on 5 June 2020.

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