Punjab govt buys Goindwal Sahib thermal power plant for Rs 1,080 crore
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said the state government has bought a 540-megawatt private thermal power plant at Goindwal Sahib.
“It is for the first time that a private power plant is being bought by the government,” Mann said at a news conference here.
“We have purchased it for Rs 1,080 crore, which works out to a cost of Rs 2 crore per megawatt,” Mann said.
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) in July last year filed a bid to take over the 540 MegaWatt private thermal power plant at Goindwal Sahib.
