Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said Punjab should avert and be prepared for an imminent power crisis due to shortage of coal in power plants.
The Punjab Pradesh Congress chief also demanded that private thermal plants violating the guidelines should be punished.
Sidhu said that the time has come to aggressively work on Solar PPAs and Grid Connected Roof-Top Solar.
“Punjab should stop and prepare instead of repent and repair…Private Thermal Plants Floating Guidelines, Domestic Consumers should be penalized for not keeping coal stock for 30 days. This Solar PPAs and Grid Connected Roof-Top Solar” It’s time to act aggressively!”
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had earlier on Saturday urged the central government to urgently address the issue of coal shortage being faced by thermal power plants in Punjab and allow them to augment the state’s coal supply as per their quota. was asked for.
“Chief Minister @CharanjitChanni urged the Center to ensure supply of coal as per the requirements to prevent power crisis across the state. The Chief Minister reiterated the commitment of his government to provide essential power to the agriculture sector,” read a tweet posted on the official Twitter handle of the Punjab government.
Several other states and union territories have also raised the problem of shortage of coal in the last few days.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said earlier on Saturday that Delhi may soon face power shortage as the coal crisis across the country is affecting the supply of power plants that also supply power to the capital.
Kejriwal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene and ensure adequate supply of coal to the thermal power plants that power Delhi.
“Delhi may face power crisis. I am personally keeping a close watch on the situation. We are trying our best to avoid it. Meanwhile, I have written to the Hon’ble PM seeking his personal intervention,” Kejriwal tweeted.
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Meanwhile, Union Power Minister RK Singh on Sunday rubbished claims of power crisis in the country.
The bureaucrat-turned-politician said there was no need to panic and added that there is enough coal reserves for power generation.
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