'NTPC ha reported progress on its proposed 1600 MW Gajamara super thermal power project in Orissa. The power plant coming up in an area of 1652 acres will draw water from the Hirakud reservoir in the Mahanadi river. NTPC has secured coal linkage for this project in the form of Dulunga coal block with mine capacity of seven million tonnes per annum (mtpa) under command area of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) and Pakri Barwadih block in Bihar's Hazaribagh district with 12.5 mtpa. As of May 2013, the company has requested the state government to carry on necessary action on land acquisition for the proposed project.