Talwandi Sabo power plant to become operational within a month

The SAD-BJP government may fulfil its promise of making the state surplus this year with a rack (goods train) of coal finally reaching the Talwandi Sabo Power Plant today after a delay of over a year. The plant at Banawali village (Mansa district) is owned by the Vedanta Group.

There are many farm labourers who relatives have died while working in field, many of them while spraying pesticides
Such workers joined the agitation being staged by family members of farmers who committed suicide due to debt
Though the government agreed to release compensation in cases of suicide; families of farm labourers who lost their lives while working in the fields didn’t get anything

With a number of thermal power plants being developed by private companies getting delayed due to non-availability of coal, the Punjab Government's captive coal mine at Pachwara (Jharkhand) is in the centre of confrontation between the warring parties.

Private companies are seeking a share in the coal produced from the mine. The under-construction thermal plants are running behind schedule due to a stand off between the state government/PSPCL and the companies on the supply of coal.