Capt asks GE to submit plan on power plant

Chandigarh: US giant General Electric (GE) has offered to set up a 2,400 MW gas-based power plant in the state offering power to consumers at Rs 4.81 per unit. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh asked company CEO Deepesh Nanda to submit a comprehensive proposal within a fortnight and set up a five-member committee to examine the same at a meeting here today. The committee comprises the CEO, Invest, Punjab, Directors, Finance and Technical, PSPCL, and a nominee of Principal Secretary, Finance, along with Additional CEO, Invest Punjab, Rajat Aggarwal as its convener. The committee has been asked to recommend the model for the same. The CM suggested a location near Ropar, the existing 35-year-old thermal plant which had outlived its utility. Amarinder felt the proposed plant would give a fillip to the development of the Kandi region as an industrial zone. The committee will also study the feasibility of such units in high load centres like Ludhiana and Amritsar. TNS