Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh. , Photograph Credit score: Particular association
Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Buxar on Sunday (December 14, 2025) wrote to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to arrange a pump storage and run-of-the-river hydroelectric tasks within the Kaimur to make Bihar vitality self-sufficient.
In gentle of the rising peak-hour electrical energy demand in Bihar, Sudhakar Singh has put ahead the proposal to the state authorities. Within the letter he has demanded that the institution of hydroelectric tasks needs to be prioritized.
Mr. Singh acknowledged that Bihar is a state with an rising financial system, the place the demand for electrical energy is quickly rising on account of industrial improvement, agriculture, irrigation, urbanization, and home use.
“The supply of electrical energy, particularly throughout peak hours, is turning into a serious problem. Subsequently, the state wants to scale back its dependence on fossil fuels and take concrete steps in the direction of clear, inexperienced, and sustainable vitality sources,” Mr. Singh mentioned.
He defined that a number of rivers, together with the Durgawati, Kuhira, Karmanasha, and Suara, originate from the Kaimur Hills, and necessary reservoirs just like the Durgawati and Jagdahwa exist already. By harnessing these pure sources, further energy might be instantly offered throughout peak hours via pump storage expertise, with out losing water.
Mr. Singh acknowledged {that a} pump storage energy plant with a capability of over 2,000 MW could possibly be developed on the Durgawati Reservoir Undertaking, and roughly 500 MW on the Jagdahwa Reservoir on the Kuhira River.
Moreover, the potential for producing roughly 250 MW of energy within the Kaimur area utilizing run-of-the-river expertise has already been recognized, and now must be carried out quickly.
He asserted that these tasks won’t solely strengthen Bihar’s vitality self-sufficiency, however may even play an important function in environmental safety, carbon emissions discount, employment technology for native youth, and the general improvement of the Kaimur area.
The Buxar MP has requested the State Authorities to conduct surveys on precedence foundation for these tasks and take crucial coverage and administrative choices quickly, in order that Bihar might be included within the class of main states of the nation within the discipline of unpolluted and inexperienced vitality.
He has talked about within the letter that beforehand he had knowledgeable the Power Minister of Bihar about this matter via a letter dated July 11, 2021 however no motion has been taken.
Revealed – December 15, 2025 02:45 am IST