GAIL gets green nod for 220 MW power plant in Maharashtra

NEW DELHI . GAIL India Limited, the nation’s biggest gas marketing company has received environmental clearance for setting up a 220 MW gas based power plant at Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of INR 1,028 crore. 
 
GAIL plans to use 1 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas to generate 220 MW of electricity at the proposed combined cycle power plant. 
 
Mr RA Rajee, Principal Secretary in Environment Department of Maharashtra Government, said that “The State Level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority of Maharashtra in its 63rd meeting decided to accord environmental clearance to the project under the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment Notification. 2006.” Business Line
 

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