NLC India Ltd has formed a joint venture with the UP government to build a thermal power plant for Rs 19,406 crore.

The facility would be built in Ghatampur, near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Coal.

The 1,980 MW facility will contain three 660 MW units. According to the statement, the first phase of the project would begin generating power by the end of this year.

Once fully operational, around 1,478.28 MW power will be supplied to Uttar Pradesh and the remaining 492.72 MW to Assam, the ministry said.

Tamil Nadu-based NLC, under the ministry, operates three opencast lignite mines with a total installed capacity of 30 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) at Neyveli, another opencast lignite mine at Barsingsar in Rajasthan with an installed capacity of 2.1 MTPA and an opencast coal mine at Talabira in Odisha with an installed capacity of 20 MTPA.