The Punjab government has asked its Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) to expedite the process of setting up a new thermal power plant of 1,320 mw capacity at Mukerian in Hoshiarpur district over an area of 900 acre involving an investment of nearly Rs 8,000 crore.    

Presiding over a meeting of the top brass of the State government and delegation of the PSEB Engineers Association, the chief minister said that keeping in view the huge demand of power in the current scenario concerted efforts were required for augmenting the power supply in the state, for which this project has been conceived by the POWERCOM.    

Badal said with the work on Thermal Power projects at Talwandi Sabo (1980 Mega Watt), Goindwal Sahib (540 Mega Watt) and Rajpura (1400 Mega Watt) was already going on warfooting and once the generation from these plants starts, the state would be able to get 3,920 mw of additional power which would help the state to become self sufficient in power.