The Hindu Business Line : Punjab will be power surplus: Sukhbir

MOGA: Punjab said on Tuesday faced numerous challenges on the developmental front and people of the State reposed trust in SAD-BJP combine government.

The present alliance Government was dtermined to restore to Punjab to its earlier position of economic pre-eminence, said the SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said yesterday.

Adequate supply of power was one of the most formidable tasks before the Government for the development of State, he added.

Sukhbir MP was addressing an election rally jointly organised by Akalidal and BJP in favour of Akalidal and BJP candidates contesting Moga Nagar council elections slated for September 14 in the old grain market of Moga town last night.

Sukhbir said that as chief minister Parkash Singh Badal promised to the people of the State during the time of general elections in February 2007 to make the State surplus in power accordingly the Government attempted to draw a road map for putting the S tate's power back on rails.

“Today against the total power availability of 6556 MW there is a demand of 8672 MW and now the Government has started taking initiative to make the power sector surplus” he said.

In this respect Punjab Government is setting up four major plants with the initiative of laying the foundation stone of 1980 MW near Talwandi Sabo on September 2.

Now the foundation stone of 540 MW Goindwal Thermal Plant will be laid on october 18 then of 1500 MW at Rajpura on December 8 and the fourth and the biggest one of 2640 MW thermal plant at Gidderbaha on January 15,2009 for which acquisition of land proce ss was going on and clearance from Central Electricity Authority has also been obtained.

Sukhbir said that the State Government was giving special thrust and undertaking modernization of transmission and distribution system through capital investment of Rs.300 crore.

He said within the next three years every house of the State would get 24 hours uninterupted 24 hours power supply and even the State would be in a position to sell to deficit States. - PTI

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