Rihand nagar is a small town, named after the Rihand River

Rihand River

The Rihand River is a tributary of the Son River and flows through the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.-Course:...

, a tributary of the Son River

Son River

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. It is located on the border of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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 and Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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 in India. This small town has been developed by NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation

National Thermal Power Corporation

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 under its Power Project Scheme, wherein it established a coal based power station of 2000 MW

Watt

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 capacity and an additional 1000 [{ MW}] capacity augmentation is in the process .
The Rihandnagar plant takes its coal from Amlori & Dudhichua Mines & water through Rihand Reservoir.
The township, which has been developed and being maintained by NTPC, is famous for ample greenery which makes it a good place to live. The township, though located in a remote area, has a very good secondary care 50-bedded hospital with all major specialities. The hospital, in addition to the NTPC emloyees, also caters to the people of surrounding villages in the radius of 50 km. and runs various national health programmes with help of central governnment. The towns' schools include DAV, St Joseph's and Kendriya Vidyalay.

Rihand Power Plant

The coal based, thermal power plant, has been built in 4 stages, each with a unit size of 500 MW.and has been awarded for efficiency on numerous occasions. It supplies power to the following states:

• Delhi
• Chandigarh
• Haryana
• Himachal Pradesh
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Punjab
• Rajasthan
• Uttaranchal
• Uttar Pradesh

This plant is near Shakti Nagar

Shakti nagar

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, Uttar Pradesh, which is also a power project of NTPC

NTPC

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, India

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.