New Delhi, Feb 2 (Reporter) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for NLC India's Talabira thermal power project, worth more than 27,000 crore in Odisha, on February 3. NLC India is setting up a 2400 MW coal-based ultra-critical pit head thermal power project at Talabira in Jharsuguda district of Odisha at an estimated cost of Rs 27,212 crore, and further 800 MW are also planned in the second phase with an investment of over Rs 8000 crore. "This is the largest greenfield pithead thermal power station envisaged in the country in the recent past that ensures the energy security of the country and powers the growth of the nation," NLC India said in a statement. Leveraging on the cost benefits of a pit head project, the coal for the units will be fed from adjacent Talabira II and III operational mines of NLC India Ltd. through a conveyor system without involving costly road and rail transportation. "The project would be able to supply power at one of the cheapest tariffs among all thermal power stations in the country. The first phase of the project will supply 1,787 crore units of electricity to Odisha and other states," the company said...////...