The SAD-BJP government may miss by a couple of years the deadline it set for delivering ‘surplus power’, but the new plants launched are a major initiative in years. Meanwhile, it met the demand through market purchases at a huge cost
The Shiromani Akali Dal promise was simple. It would make power availability in the state surplus to the requirement. The SAD-BJP government is now close to the end of its tenure, and the promise is nowhere near being delivered.
But there is a positive too. The government may have failed to keep the 2007 manifesto promise.
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