NEW DELHI. Mar 2: Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao said yesterday he planned to ensure that power projects able to generate 6.000 megawatts of electricity would he approved before general elections, reports Reuter.

"There are 6.000 megawatts of power projects that have not been cleared for various reasons." Rao told the upper house of parliament, "help me god. 1 will see that-all (5.000 megawatts of power projects are cleared before the general elections."

Rao's address to the upper house (Rajya Sabha) was in response to President Shankar Dayal Sharma's speech to legislators on Monday at the opening of the last session of parliament before ‘general elections.

Elections are due be mid year but are widely expected to be upheld in late April.