The Punjab government has decided to set up an industrial park preferably for the pharmaceutical sector on a piece of land of the now defunct Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Power Plant in Bathinda. He also justified closure of the plant stating that it was a white elephant which had outlived its 25 years, and an unviable project.
“The government has decided to set up an industrial park over 1,320 acres (out of 1,764 acres of the power plant) in Bathinda,” Manpreet said.
He said it will have the potential to generate 50,000 jobs and turn Bathinda into an industrial hub. “The Government of India is setting up three pharmaceutical parks in the country and the Punjab government will try that one such park is set up in Bathinda,” he added.
