Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL) is a subsidiary of NTPC Ltd. in JV with Indian Railways with equity participation of 74 % and 26 % respectively. JV Agreement was signed on 06.11.2007 and the company was incorporated on 22.11.2007. BRBCL is presently setting up a 1000 MW (4 x 250 MW) thermal power plant at Nabinagar in the name of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (NTPP), Distt. Aurangabad, Bihar. Project site is situated on State highway which is 25 km south of NH-2 from Barun, 9 Km from ‘Nabinagar Road’ Railway Station and 100 Km from Gaya Airport. Water requirement for the project is 60 cusec which is allocated from upper stream of Sone River (Indrapuri Barrage). Coal requirement for the project is 5 MTPA. The coal linkage of 5 MTPA has been accorded from Pachra & Pachra south block, North Karnpura coalfields of CCL which is approx. 215km from project site. The beneficiaries for the power generated from NTPP are : Indian Railways - 90 % and Bihar State - 10 %. PPA has been signed with both of the beneficiaries.