Punjab power: Why it took 4 years to review pacts, Sukhbir asks Capt

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said the party welcomed the Congress government’s announcement to cancel or revisit power purchase agreements with private companies but the government should clarify why it took it more than four years to realise any wrongdoing in the PPAs.

After addressing a party workers’ meet in Bathinda, Badal told journalists that the then SAD-BJP government had signed PPAs to buy electricity for ₹2.86/unit, the cheapest at the time.

“It is for chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to explain the poor planning that led to the chaos this summer. Industrial, domestic and farms sector are equally disturbed due to poor power availability.