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Mettur Thermal Power Station begins generating

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The first unit of the Mettur Thermal Power Station, the state utility's first inland coal-fired plant, was commissioned.

The Mettur Thermal Power Station in Salem district is a coal-fired power station operated by the Tamil Nadu state power utility. Its first unit was commissioned on 7 January 1987, followed by units in December 1987, 1989 and 1990. It was the first inland thermal power station of the state utility, and coal for it is shipped from eastern India to Tamil Nadu ports and then carried inland.

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