Power cuts despite govt claims: Cong
Thursday, 06/06/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130606/punjab.htm#12
Jalandhar : Senior Congress leaders of the state today lambasted the SAD-BJP Government for imposing long and unscheduled power cuts on all sectors, including industry and agriculture.
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira said despite the fact that Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal had been claiming of making Punjab a power surplus state, it was reeling under power crisis.
"Though Sukhbir reaped rich political dividends in two assembly elections and one Lok Sabha elections by promising to make Punjab power surplus, the state is facing acute power shortage," Khaira said.
He said of the six thermal plants in Punjab, showcased by the SAD-BJP government, three comprising Kot Shamir (1320 MW), Gobindpura (1320 MW) and Gidderbaha (2640 MW), had failed to take off.
