Nearly two months after the coal mine at Pachhwara in Jharkhand became operational, barring a private thermal plant in Punjab, all others are facing an acute shortage of coal, despite low power demand in the state. Punjab plans to stock 20 days of coal per thermal plant by March 31, but the slow mov
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring today took a ‘comic’ jibe at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, saying “by now Mann Sahib, you must have realised, governance is a real challenge and not a laughter challenge”.
Even as the Punjab government braces to ensure deliverance of the first guarantee of 300 units of free power, the state is witnessing power outages because of coal shortage.