Mejia Thermal Power Station


Mejia Thermal Power Station is located at Durlabhpur, Bankura, 35 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC. Commissioned on 1996, MTPS is the largest thermal power plant, in terms of generating capacity in the state of West Bengal as well as among other DVC power plants.

Power Plant

Mejia Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 2340 MW. The plant has 8 units under operation. The individual units has the generating capacity as follows:
Unit No.Generating CapacityCommissioned on
U#1210 MWMar. 1996
U#2210 MWMar. 1998
U#3210 MWSep. 1999
U#4210 MWFeb. 2005
U#5250 MWFeb. 2008
U#6250 MWSep. 2008
U#7500 MWAug. 2011
U#8500 MWAug. 2012

Units 1 through 6 are collectively named MTPS- A, while the extension work of 2×500 MW Units 7 & 8 are called MTPS-B. All the units have BHEL make boilers, turbines and generators installed in them.