The project is second largest in South India, at a cost of ₹25,099 crores (US$3.8 billion) and is expected to complete by October 2021 in a phased manner.

Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao laid the foundation stone for the project on 8 June 2015 at Veerlapalem village, Dhamacherla mandal.

The BHEL order, the largest ever in India for the company,[1] includes design, supply, erection and commissioning of project on EPC basis.

[4] The project has been accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)in June 2017 [5] and yet to get water allocation from the Krishna River.

The revised environment norms at the center, the 4000 MW project will cost Telangana an additional ₹3100 crore.