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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Coal-fired power station in Kalakote, India}}<br />
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{{infobox power station<br />
| name = Thermal Power Plant Kalakote<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|33|13|3.36|N|74|25|15.96|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| location = Kalakote, Jammu and Kashmir<br />
| status = Closed<br />
| construction_began = 1963<br />
| commissioned = 1968<br />
| decommissioned = 1987<br />
| owner = Power Development Department Jammu and Kashmir<br />
| th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]<br />
| ps_units_operational = 2 × 350 KW<br />
| ps_electrical_capacity = 22.5 MW<br />
}}<br />
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'''Thermal Power Plant Kalakote''' was the first [[Fossil-fuel power station|coal-fired power station]] of [[North India]]. It is located in the [[Kalakote|Kalakote town]] of [[Rajouri district]] in the Indian union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>* {{Cite web |title=Thermal Power Plant at Kalakote |url=https://rajouri.nic.in/economy/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[Rajouri district]]}}<br />
* {{Cite web |title=Development of Power Sector in J&K |url=https://pdd.jk.gov.in/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Power Development Department JK}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Kalakote was a coal rich tehsil with coals mines in different regions of tehsil including Moghla, Metka and Chokkar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coal Resources and Its Prospects in Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v6i10/ART20177202.pdf |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=International Journal of Science and Research}}</ref> To utilize the coal resources, Power Development Department of government of union territory (state then) of Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with [[Energoinvest]] decided to open a power plant in Sair (now [[Kalakote]] town) area of Kalakote tehsil. On May 23, 1963, [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] laid the first stone of power plant. With the starting of power plant in 1964, to handle the influx, many shops, hotels, theatres and colonies were settled up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalakote thermal power station |url=https://testbook.com/question-answer/kalakot-thermal-power-station-is-located-in-which--606420866e95aca84470a2ee |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Testbook}}</ref><br />
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== Commissioning ==<br />
The commissioning of the project was started on trial basis from November 1, 1968. After 3rd commissioning in 1987, the plant held ceased to function. The thickness of the coal of Kalakote coal mines range from 0.15 meters to 0.75 meters in upper coal and between 0.50 meter to 1.5 meter in lower coal with fifty percent ash content, the deposits are neither uniform nor of the required quality in terms of ash content and seam thickness and because of these reasons plant was decided to close on 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energy Beyond Water |url=https://kashmirlife.net/542510415-54251/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[Kashmir Life]]}}</ref><br />
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== After closure ==<br />
The development done due to plant played an important role in the development of [[Kalakote|Kalakote town]]. Even after being decommissioned, the government is still spending 1.1 million rupees every year for salaries of around 250 workers of plant.<ref>* {{Cite web |title=1000 mw thermal power project coming up in Kathua |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/1000-mw-thermal-power-project-coming-up-in-kathua/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[Daily Excelsior]]}}<br />
* {{Cite web |title=Kalakote villages rich in coal mines, yet power starved |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100621/j&k.htm |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Trbune]]}}</ref> After the closure, there have been reports of theft of iron and machinery parts from plant several times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vehicle seized with material of Thermal power plant |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/vehicle-seized-with-material-of-thermal-power-plant/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=[[Daily Excelsior]]}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Kalakote]]<br />
* [[Kalakote Assembly constituency]]<br />
* [[Government Degree College, Kalakote]]<br />
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[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in India]]<br />
[[Category:Power stations in Jammu and Kashmir]]</div>Lpsglobalschool