The Water Resources Department cleared 80 million cubic metres a year from the Badua reservoir for the planned plant at Bhitia.
The plant is proposed as two 700 MW units, to be developed by NTPC. The no-objection certificate was issued to the Bihar State Power Generation Company.
NTPC has submitted a proposal for approval and a detailed project report is expected within about six months. Officials are also planning a pipeline to bring Ganga water from Sultanganj to supplement the reservoir.
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