Govt hiding facts on thermal plant: Amarinder
Thursday, 17/05/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120517/punjab.htm#6
Training guns on the SAD-BJP government, the PCC president, Capt Amarinder Singh, has accused Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal of “hiding the ground reality” on the progress made in the 1980 MW Talwandi Sabo thermal power plant.
“Sukhbir is trying to befool the people of Punjab, claiming that the plant will be commissioned on schedule i.e. November 30, 2012, with an eye on the coming civic poll. It is on record that the project developer has submitted in writing to the power corporation that the new deadline for commissioning the plant is August 8, 2013. I wonder on what grounds is the state government claiming that it will be operational in November.”
Attempts to contact Talwandi Sabo Plant Limited chairman SK Roongta proved futile, But the Secretary, Power, Anirudh Tiwari, reiterated that senior project officials had stated that they would meet November 30 deadline.
Sources said that during the high-level meeting yesterday, Sterlite Energy Limited had insisted that the deadline be revised till February next year. The proposal was shot down by Sukhbir Badal.
A senior officer of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited said: “The actual situation is that a lot of work is left and the commissioning of the project is bound to be delayed.”
