Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Monday announced a Rs 20,000-crore energy and infrastructure package, including a new 1,200 MW supercritical thermal power plant in Thoothukudi, along with measures to strengthen power transmission and tackle outages in Chennai.
Making the announcements in the state Assembly, the 52-year-old actor-politician said the thermal power project would be developed through a public-private partnership and would comprise two units with a combined capacity of 1,200 MW.