(a) whether the work on the Bilthra Road Hydel Power Project in Balia district of
Uttar Pradesh has been stopped;
(b) if so, the reasons thereof;
(c) the steps taken by the Government to restart the work on the said project; and
(d) the details of amount allocated for this project?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )
(a) to (d) : No hydro-electric project by the name of Bilthra Road Hydel Power
Project was ever taken up for construction. However, a proposal for the setting up of
Belthara Road Thermal Power Project (3x250 MW) was received from erstwhile Uttar
Pradesh State Electricity Board in November 1992 which was returned by the Central
Electricity Authority in February 1994 as certain inputs could not be tied up by the
project authorities. According to Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd., Government of
Uttar Pradesh subsequently appointed consultants which studied the relative need of the
project in consultation with the World Bank which recommended taking up the project in
the year 2010.