Bana Wala Explained

Bana Wala
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:29.939°N 75.231°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Mansa
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Demographics1 Title2:Regional
Demographics1 Info2:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Bana Wala (sometimes spelled Banawala) is a small village in Mansa district of Punjab, India.[1] It has become a noted village of Punjab as a new Talwandi Sabo Power Plant, with the capacity of 2640 megawatt, is under construction here.[2]

Geography

Bana Wala is approximately centered at 29.9389°N 75.2311°W.[3] Raipur, Peron, Chhapian Wali, Talwandi Aklia (Chhoti Talwandi), Chehlan Wala and Behniwal are the surrounding villages.

Culture

Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language here. The villagers mainly belongs to the Maanshahia clan of Jatt people.

The population mainly follows the Sikhism.

Power plant

The Talwandi Sabo Power Limited Thermal Plant is just under construction and will be running from the end of 2012.[4] It has the capacity of 1980 megawatt if three units and 2640 megawatt if four units, having 660 megawatt each.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: ਵੇਦਾਂਤਾ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਨੇ ਬਣਾਂਵਾਲਾ ਥਰਮਲ ਪਲਾਂਟ ਦਾ ਚੌਥਾ ਯੂਨਿਟ ਲਾਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਹੱਥ ਖਿੱਚੇ . Punjabi Tribune . 13 November 2011 . 22 June 2012.
  2. News: ਤਲਵੰਡੀ ਸਾਬੋ ਤਾਪ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਘਰ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ ਆਪਣੇ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਪੂਰਾ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਆਸ - ਡਿਪਟੀ ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨਰ . Daily Aashiana . 25 July 2011 . 22 June 2012 .
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  4. News: ਤਲਵੰਡੀ ਸਾਬੋ ਥਰਮਲ ਪਲਾਂਟ ਸਮੇਂ ਸਿਰ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਮੁਕੰਮਲ: ਰੂੰਗਟਾ . Punjabi Tribune . 15 May 2012 . 22 June 2012.
  5. News: ਬਣਾਂਵਾਲਾ ਥਰਮਲ ਦੇ ਚੌਥੇ ਯੂਨਿਟ ਲਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਲਈ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ ਹੋਰ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ - ਡੀ. ਸੀ. . Daily Ajit . 26 June 2011 . 22 June 2012 .