Road
The State is well connected by roads. The National High Way is 1600 Km and the State High Way is 2711 Km.
The State Government is planning to improve and upgrade the existing road network and providing new road linkages/bypass with bridges over river to facilitate quick and efficient movement of raw materials and finished goods. The state government proposes - BOT concept for building & maintenance of roads 7 bridges by private sector participation, provide expressway along the main high density corridors across the state and inter state & intra-state bus terminus across the state.
Power
Jharkhand is a resource rich state with abundance of waterfalls, rivers, huge coal beds. The has an immense scope for mini, micro hydro power stations and non-conventional energy.
The State Government objective to provide electricity to all villages and rural areas. In this process Rs. 30 crores was invested in the year 2001 - 2002.
| Installed Power Station |
Capacity |
| Tenughat Thermal Power Station |
420MW |
| Patratu Thermal Power Station |
840MW |
| Sikkidiri Hydel Power |
130MW |
| DVC ( Thermal/Hydel ) |
1200 MW |
| Total installed capacity |
2590 MW |
Power Potential in Jharkhand
| Patratu |
Thermal |
420MW |
| Tenughat Phase I |
Thermal |
630 |
| Tenughat Phase II |
Thermal |
500 |
| Chandil |
Thermal |
1200MW |
| North Karanpura |
Thermal |
2000MW |
| Shankh II |
Hydel |
186MW |
| Tilalya Dhadhar |
Hydel |
50MW |
| Kanhar |
Hydel |
450MW |
| Maithan |
Thermal |
1000MW |
| Total |
5736MW |