The Punjab government on Tuesday terminated the services of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited director (generation) Harjit Singh, citing “serious misconduct” in fuel cost management at state-run thermal power plants, two days after it suspended the chief engineer of Ropar and Goindwal Sahib thermal plants.

The termination order, issued by the new Administrative Secretary, Power Department, Basant Garg, stated that Harjeet Singh was responsible for electricity generated at the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant in Ropar and the Guru Amardas Thermal Plant in

Goindwal, which was higher priced compared to private thermal plants.

“Despite PSPCL having its own coal mine in Pachwara in Jharkhand, the electricity generated at the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant in Ropar and the Gu

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