Explanation:

Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located at Khedar in Hisar district of Haryana. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of HPGCL.The Engineering, procurement and construction contract is given to Reliance Infrastructure.

The first project to be awarded the mega-project status in the northern region under the mega project policy of the central government, the cost of Rs 3.19 crore per mw for this project is the lowest in the country and is being a new benchmark. With the commissioning of these two units, the state provide an additional 288 lakh units per day to its consumers. The energy generated supplied to an additional 4.4 lakh consumers, who constitute 11% of the existing consumer base.