Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The matter of commissioning of power projects has assumed "serious dimensions' as an internal study done by the Ministry of Power has revealed that out of the 6620 MW of coal-based capacity projects that were officially declared as "commissioned' during 2007-08, nearly 58 per cent of them are still not producing even a single unit of energy making a mockery of the whole process. This includes major power projects, including those that have been officially declared commissioned by Union Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde and dedicated to the nation with the claim that it would help in easing power crisis. Officials said that if these projects had been producing the power they were supposed to, the power crisis faced by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and even some northern States could have been eased. Around 4000 MW of power is involved in this "commissioning scam', a senior official said. For instance, the 500 MW Bellary power project in Karnataka was officially "commissioned' in December 2007 but is not producing a single unit of power till date. The 210 MW Bakeshwar project in West Bengal was commissioned in December 2007 but has yet not begun generating power. The 250 MW Raigarh power project in Chhattisgarh was "commissioned' in March 2008 but has yet not started commercial production. The 500 MW Birsinghpur project in Madhya Pradesh was officially commissioned in June 2007 but has yet not commenced production.