Power situation in Punjab turns grim, power plants nearly run out of coal stock
Chandigarh: Power situation has turned grim in Punjab with thermal plants nearly running out of coal stock as movement of coal rakes in the state has remained suspended for about a month in view of the farmers’ stir and authorities on Friday said imposing power cuts may be unavoidable. Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had a few days ago sought the Punjab government’s assurance on the safety of trains and their crew members to restore freight services, after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had asked him to intervene to resume the same.
Goods train services had resumed in the state after farmer unions on October 21, announced exempting them from their weeks-old ‘rail roko’ agitation over the Centre’s new farm laws.
