"We will issue notice inviting tender for main plant package worth around Rs 8,000 crore for 2X660 MW thermal power plant in Khurja in second half of this month.

New Delhi: Foraying into thermal power segment, state-run THDC India will float Rs 8,000 crore tender this month for providing main package for its 1320 MW coal-based Khurja project, which entails an investment of Rs 12,676 crore. 

"We will issue notice inviting tender for main plant package worth around Rs 8,000 crore for 2X660 MW thermal power plant in Khurja in second half of this month. We have planned to start the construction by December this year," Director THDC India Vijay Goel said. 

While the first unit is scheduled to be commissioned in November 2022, second unit would go on steam by April 2023.