The caption is misleading as the author is actually in favour of locating Mega Power Projects along coastal basis. His main concern is water and hence he prefers coastal based power plants.
Given the current Power deficit in India we need to have many more of these Mega Power Projects to provide even a single lamp connection to many of our citizens' households. While the Distributed generation modules will survive in a grid backed up by good base load generating capacity, the model will fail miserably in our country where we have severe shortages.
Mega projects bring with it scale of operation and high level of automation and latest technology. If we have to achieve 4000 MW of generating capacity even by 3 to 4 plants as suggested by the author we will add up a minimum of 3 times the labour force required to operate a 4000 MW power plant. And that is sheer waste and even in a populous country like ours we are running short of qualified staff today.
It is therefore in the interest of the nation that power professionals appreciate the need to bridge the gap quickly and work for it.
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