By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, September 21, 2017: Vedanta on Thursday said it would resume operations of some units of its 2,400 Mw coal-fired power plant and 1,215 Mw captive power plant located at Jharsuguda in western Odisha after the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) lifted its closure order partially.

Revoking the Consent to Operate for some Vedanta power units, the pollution watchdog in its closure direction on September 13 had asked the company to suspend operations of two 600 Mw units of the 2,400 Mw IPP (Independent Power Producer) and three units (3×135 Mw) of the CPP complex.

“…the SPCB has revoked closure of three units (two units of 135 MW each and one unit of 600 MW) on September 20, 2017,” Vedanta said in a BSE filing.

The revocation order will help the company get complete reliable power generation back in place, satisfying the current requirement for smelter operations, the company said in a statement. The revocation order would also obviate the need to buy 200 Mw power from external sources by Vedanta.

Vedanta Ltd today said it will resume power generation at three power plant units after Odisha State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) revoked its earlier order to close mining conglomerate’s five such units.