Capt rubbishes state’s claim on power outages
Saturday, 11/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141011/punjab.htm#13
Patiala : Captain Amarinder Singh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha, today rubbished the state government’s claim that various power plants in the state were closed due to low demand. Captain Amarinder asked if the demand for power was low, why were villages and industries in the state subjected to long power cuts on a regular basis.
The former Chief Minister said the state was short of coal as it had failed to ensure and guarantee adequate coal supply to the power plants.
Capt said he had always said that there was no point in setting up power plants if coal supply was not guaranteed. Capt took a dig at the state government and said if the demand for power was low, the state should generate power to full capacity and export it to other countries.
