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Shortfall in power production

The Power Ministry seems to have faltered in its first month of the crucial 2008-09 financial year. It announced on Thursday that contrary to expectations, the target of addition to power generating capacity for April 2008 will be missed. The Ministry had set a target of 310 MW for April of which 250 MW has already been commissioned. However, the shortfall has been primarily due to the delay in commissioning of the phase-I of the Valuthur combined cycle gas-based power project expansion being executed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) with a capacity of 59.8 MW.

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