NAYACHAR, 6 JAN: The state government seems to have earned the confidence of Nayachar residents allowing it to set up a 1,980 MW thermal power plant. The project has been stalled after the Centre delayed the environmental clearance saying it would affect the livelihoods of nearly 5,000 fishermen and their families living on Nayachar Island in the Hooghly River near Haldia in East Midnapore. Universal Crescent Power Private Limited, led by NRI industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee, will set up the plant with an investment of Rs 12,000 crore.