Slamming the Centre for inadequate coal supply against the PSPCLs agreements with various subsidiaries of the Coal India Ltd (CIL), the Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday asked it to immediately enhance States coal supply as per quota to tide over power crisis with impending shutdown of its thermal plants due to fast depleting coal reserves which are likely to exhaust with in next couple of days.

Reviewing the power situation amid shortage of coal supply in the state, Channi said that all the thermal Plants are unable to generate full capacity of power due to insufficient coal receipt. However, he reiterated his govts firm commitment to give power supply for Irrigation of paddy crop where necessary at the fag end of crop yield. He however, said that power cuts on domestic consumers in cities and villages are being imposed to ensure sufficient supply to the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector as well as to maintain grid discipline.