Fear of power woes as Punjab sees no goods train service
Item
Title
Fear of power woes as Punjab sees no goods train service
Description
CHANDIGARH/BATHINDA: There was no movement of goods trains in Punjab for the sixth day following the Centre’s decision to suspend freight trains until all the tracks are cleared. The standoff continued despite a group of Punjab ministers meeting representatives of BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) on Thursday. The farmers’ body told the team that the blockade was limited to tracks ferrying coal to two independent power plants (IPP) at Banawali in Mansa and Nalash in Patiala . With BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) declining to vacate the interior railway tracks, supplies could not be resumed to these plants and could result in power supply disruption in Punjab. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, minister in Punjab cabinet, said the BKU was asked to consider shifting their protests from these two rail tracks so that the economy of the state did not suffer.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-10-30
Coverage
India