From now on, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd will lose INR 160 crore a month until the Kudankulam plant resumes operation.

The figure is a result of calculation on the basis of inputs given by NPCIL. In an informal chat with journalists, Mr Kasinath Balaji, site director of Kudankulam of NPCIL said that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant should have begun producing power from early this month.

Each day, the plant would have produced 24 million units of electricity, valued at INR 5 crore. In addition, the monthly establishment expenditure works out to another INR 8 crore.

However, Mr Balaji said that he was hopeful that the crisis would be resolved in a months' time.

(Sourced from BL)