In the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday at Mantralaya, The Cabinet approved the capital outlay plan of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited for setting up of new super critical thermal power capacity expansion unit of 1x660 Megawatt at Amarkantak Thermal Power Station, Chachai, at a cost of Rs 4665.87 crore. The unit will be implemented by a joint venture between MP Power Generating Company Limited and SECL, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. For the financial support of the project, 70 per cent loan will be provided by the financial institutions, 15 per cent share capital by the SECL and the remaining 15 per cent share capital by the State Government from the budget to the MP Power Generating Company between the year 2022-23 to the year 2028-29. This unit is being constructed keeping in view the future energy requirements of the State. Plan is to start commercial production from the unit in the year 2027-28. Cabinet also took a decision to create three new tehsils in three districts and posts sanctioned for their efficient operation. Sanction was given for creation of new tehsil Chhaigaon Makhan in Khandwa district, new tehsil Bargawan in Singrauli district and new tehsil Soytkala in Agar-Malwa district.

Patwari Halka No. 1 to 20 of Revenue Inspector mandal Chichgohan and Patwari Halka No. 21 to 40 of Revenue Inspector mandal Chaigaon Makhan total 40 Patwari Halkas of existing tehsil Khandwa and Patwari Halka No. 01 to 19 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Dulhar of present Pandhana Tehsil total 19 Patwari Halkas thus total 59 Halkas will be included in new Tehsil Chhaigaon Makhan in District Khandwa. After the creation of Tehsil Chhaigaon Makhan in district Khandwa, tehsil Khandwa will now consist of revenue inspector mandal Jawar’s Halka number 41 to 63, revenue inspector mandal Khandwa-1’s Halka number 64 to 78, 84 to 90, revenue inspector Mandal Khandwa-2’s Halka number 91 to 94, from 96 to 104, revenue inspector mandal Singot Halka number 105 to 125, revenue inspector mandal Piplod Halka number 126 to 148, thus a total of 108 Patwari Halkas will be included. For the efficient operation of new Tehsil Chhaigaon Makhan in district Khandwa one post of Tehsildar, one of Naib Tehsildar, 2 of Assistant Grade-2, 3 of Assistant Grade-3, 3 of Assistant Grade-3 (reader), one of Jamadar/Daftari/ Bastavardar, one for vehicle driver and 5 for peon, in this way total 17 posts were sanctioned.

New Tehsil Bargawan in District Singrauli will consist of Patwari Halka No. 32 and 33 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Devsar Gird and Patwari Halka No. 34 to 52 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Bargawan, Patwari Halka No. 44 to 46 and 52 to 53 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Khanuanya of Tehsil Sarai and Patwari Halka No. 1 to 3 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Parsauna of Tehsil Singrauli, thus a total of 29 Patwari Halkas will be included. After the formation of Tehsil Bargawan remaining Tehsil Devsar will consist of Patwari Halka number 1 to 15 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Sarondha of Tehsil Devsar and Patwari Halka number 16 to 31 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Devsar, thus total 31 Patwari Halkas will be included and in Tehsil Sarai, Patwari Halkas No. 01 to 21 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Niwas, Patwari Halka No. 22 to 43 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Sarai and Patwari Halka No. 47 to 51 and 54 to 62 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Khanuyana, thus a total of 57 Patwari Halkas will be included. Patwari Halka No. 4 to 13 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Parsauna in Tehsil Singrauli, Patwari Halka No. 14 to 22 and 45 to 48 of Revenue Inspector Mandal Khutar in Tehsil Singrauli, Patwari Halkas of Revenue Inspector Mandal from 42 and 44 and 49 to 59, thus a total of 36 Patwari Halkas will be included in tehsil Singrauli after excluding the halkas proposed to be included in the new Tehsil Bargawan. For the efficient operation of new Tehsil Bargawan, one post of Tehsildar, 2 of Assistant Grade-2, 4 of Assistant Grade-3, 2 of Assistant Grade-3 (Reader), one of Jamadar / Daftari / Bastavardar, one of vehicle driver and 4 of peons, in this way a total of 14 posts were sanctioned.