Punjab Pradesh Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said that Punjab should prepare for the looming power crisis due to shortage of coal in power plants and prevent it.
He also demanded that private thermal plants flouting guidelines by not keeping coal stock for the stipulated time should be penalised.
“Punjab must prevent and prepare, rather than repent and repair… Private thermal plants flouting guidelines, punishing domestic consumers by not keeping coal stock for 30 days should be penalised,” Sidhu tweeted.
Talking about the alternative to coal for power generation, he said it is time to aggressively work on the solar electricity models.
