Foraying into Rajasthan, Raj West Power Ltd. (RWPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of JSWEL is putting up a 1000 MW (8 Units of 125 MW each) Lignite based pit head power plant at village Bhadresh in Barmer District.

Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining Ltd. and Raj WestPower Limited have collaborated to setup a joint venture company, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited (BLMCL). This is the first and largest public- private partnership in the State of Rajasthan. It shall be mining and supplying Lignite from Jalipa and Kapurdi mines to Raj West Power Ltd.

The major part of the land required for the power project has already been purchased and the site activities have commenced. The first unit of the proposed eight units is slated to be synchronized in October 2008 and the subsequent units will be synchronized every two months thereafter. The company is in the advanced stages of finalizing supply of major equipment like boiler, TG etc. The water required for the project will be brought from Indira Gandhi National Project (IGNP) for which water supply agreement has also been signed.

Plant Office
308 - 311, Gitanjali Towers,
Bomba Walo ka Baug,
Ajmer Road
Jaipur - 302006.