The Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station is located at Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat near Ahmedabad.  It is a Coal Based Power Station.  It is on the bank of Sabarmati River.  There are two units of 120 MW each (Unit no. 1 & 2), three units of 210 MW each (Unit no. 3, 4 & 5) with a total installed capacity of 870 MW.  All the above units are of BHEL make. Commissioning dates of unit no. 1 to 5 are 13.03.1977, 10.04.1977, 20.03.1990, 20.07.1991 and 17.03.1998 respectively.