Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that UPA government laid a lot of emphasis on power sector. He said that the power generation capacity enhanced in the last ten years is higher than what was achieved in the previous 55 years since Independence.

The prime minister was addressing a rally at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district of Haryana after laying the foundation stone of a nuclear power plant.

Prime Minister said that India is among those selected countries which have gained the technique of establishing nuclear power plants, source of safest and clean energy .

He said that at present India is capable of producing 4800 MW nuclear power and hoped that after ten years, the country would have capacity of 27000 MW nuclear power generation. The Prime minister said that the nuclear power plants like Gorakhpur based on indigenous technology developed by our scientists would also be commissioned in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Mr Singh said that the power plant would have capacity of 2800 MW power generation and total two units of 1400MW would be installed. He said that in the first phase installation of 1400 MW unit would be completed by 2020-21 at a cost of over Rs 21,000 crore.