Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for asking Punjab to get its supply of coal from its “allotted coal mine through Sri Lanka from Odisha.”
Calling it an arbitrary and irrational decision, Mann said that the state uses this coal for producing paddy, which plays a key role in filling the food bowl of the country. He said that Punjab is being made to bear high expense of coal.
“We produce electricity with coal, which is in turn used for growing foodgrains for the country.” He was speaking at a special orientation programme organised for the MLAs.
