Union Power Minister, Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde has expressed serious concern over achieving the set targets of the 11th plan. Addressing a conference of State Power Ministers in New Delhi on Sunday, he urged all state governments to ensure speedy implementation of flagship programmes like the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana and availability of electricity to all by 2012. Under an ambitious plan for expanding power generation in the country four Ultra Mega Power Projects in Madhya Pradesh, Gujrat, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand have been awarded to successful developer. Mr Shinde said while 3 more such projects are coming up soon. About seven more power projects are in pipeline. The Minster said that the government expects creating close to 62 thousand Mega watts of power generation capacity by the end of 11th plan against the target of over 75 thousand mega watts. Over 18 thousand Mega Watts capacity has been created during the 11th plan so far and the figures are expected to go beyond 22 thousand mega watts by March next year. Mr Shinde said thermal power will remain an important component for power generation and India is still far behind the Western levels of pollution. Earlier, addressing the gathering, Minister of State for Power Mr Bharatsinh Solanki stressed upon reducing distribution losses to make power sector viable.