Punjab could get an additional 700 MW of power by the end of this year. S N Roy, l&T Executive Vice President on Tuesday assured Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that the 1st unit of 700 MW of its upcoming thermal plant at Rajpura would be made operational by December, 2013.
Roy called on the Chief Minister and apprised him about the latest progress of the project. He urged the Chief Minister to help the company in acquiring nearly 25 acres of land for the construction of new road from NH-1 to the site via Sarai Banjara-Chandumajra-Chak Kalan-Chak Khurd-Sural Kalan, as the existing approach road from NH-64 could not bear the load due to the heavy movement of 400 bulker’s fly ash every day.
Responding to the request, the chief minister asked him to go for acquisition of the requisite land on their own and assured him of all logistic support and cooperation thereafter for the construction of the road. Badal also
agreed to the proposal for the exemption of the peak load restrictions and weekly day offs on industrial power connection granted to the l&T power plant at Rajpura.