431 coins, 17 bolts found in Chhattisgarh farmer's stomach, korba

Korba Chhattisgarh farmer, believed to be schizophrenic, stunned a team of doctors who found 5.9 kg of metallic objects in his stomach.

Three keys, 431 coins, 196 iron pellets and 17 small bolts were removed from 26-year-old Kamleshwar Singh's tummy in a three-hour operation in the state's Korba district on Sunday.

The coins, bolts Kamleshwar Singh consumed. Let alone the doctors, even the parents and relatives of Singh were shocked when they were told he had swallowed so many iron objects.

Dussehra ravan dahan - Korba

Happy dussehra - korba chhattisgarh

Transport nagar, main busstand, itvari bazar, ravan dahan

NTPC adds 500 MW unit in Korba Chhattisgarh

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)largest power producer in India has added a 500 MW coal-fired unit at Korba in Chhattisgarh, a company statement said Friday.

'The new 500-MW unit of NTPC's Korba super thermal power station in Chhattisgarh has been synchronised with the grid,' the statement said.

The Korba project of NTPC, based some 240 km north of capital Raipur, already has three units of 200 MW each in Stage-I and three units of 500 MW each in Stage-II.

NTPC is also setting up a 4,000 MW thermal plant in Chhattisgarh's Lara village in the coal-rich Raigarh district. The project will have five 800 MW units to be built with ultra super critical technology.