<div align="justify">The excavation work for Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna (an atomic power plant) in the Fatehabad district of Haryana commenced on Saturday.<br /><br />The first phase is comprising of Unit-1 (700 MW) and Unit-2 (700 MW) of Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidhyut Pariyojna (GHAVP). Two similar units would come up for Phase-2.<br /><br />Dr S Basu, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), who is also the Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) inaugurated the excavation work in presence of S K Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).<br /><br />These would the first set of nuclear power plants that would come up in Haryana. Pre-project activities like land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, site investigations, obtaining statutory environmental clearances has been achieved, according to NPCIL officials.<br /> <br />The project is being set up at a sanctioned cost of Rs 20,594 crore and would add 1,400 MW load capacity to the Northern Grid. "The construction of Phase-1 is expected to be completed in six years. On completion, it would generate about 980 crore units of electricity every year," NPCIL officials said in Mumbai.<br /><br />The reactors are of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) type. Similar reactors are under construction – two in Kakrapar, Gujarat and Rawatbhata, Rajasthan.<br /><br />At present, India's nuclear power capacity comprises of 22 reactors with a capacity of 6,780 MW. The six reactors under construction – would take the capacity beyond 10,000 MW.<br /></div>
<div align="justify">The excavation work for Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna (an atomic power plant) in the Fatehabad district of Haryana commenced on Saturday.<br /><br />The first phase is comprising of Unit-1 (700 MW) and Unit-2 (700 MW) of Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidhyut Pariyojna (GHAVP). Two similar units would come up for Phase-2.<br /><br />Dr S Basu, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), who is also the Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) inaugurated the excavation work in presence of S K Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).<br /><br />These would the first set of nuclear power plants that would come up in Haryana. Pre-project activities like land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, site investigations, obtaining statutory environmental clearances has been achieved, according to NPCIL officials.<br /> <br />The project is being set up at a sanctioned cost of Rs 20,594 crore and would add 1,400 MW load capacity to the Northern Grid. "The construction of Phase-1 is expected to be completed in six years. On completion, it would generate about 980 crore units of electricity every year," NPCIL officials said in Mumbai.<br /><br />The reactors are of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) type. Similar reactors are under construction – two in Kakrapar, Gujarat and Rawatbhata, Rajasthan.<br /><br />At present, India's nuclear power capacity comprises of 22 reactors with a capacity of 6,780 MW. The six reactors under construction – would take the capacity beyond 10,000 MW.<br /></div>