THREE YEARS after closure of the Bathinda thermal plant, which was being operated by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the houses lying vacant in Thermal Colony will be allotted to staff of the police department.
There are 1,700 houses in this colony which are a mix of kothis, one BHK and two BHK apartments.
There was unrest in the colony on Tuesday when a team of the district administration including DC Bathinda B Srini Vasan arrived to hold a meeting in the guest house. “The board of directors of the thermal plant had already decided that vacant houses can be allotted by administration to officers and other government employees of police department.
