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New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today assured Punjab that 345 megawatts will be allowed from unallocated power of Central Sector to the state from mid-July to mid-October to ensure eight-hour uninterrupted electricity supply for the paddy season. The assurance came when Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and PWD (Bridges and Roads) Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa called on Shinde at his office here, according to a release from the CM''s Office. Badal demanded an enhanced allocation of power from unallocated Central Sector quota of 30 per cent from 10 per cent during the paddy season proportionately to state''s contribution of rice in the Central pool. He said the allocation of 345 MW from the unallocated power of Central Sector generating stations would be over and above the additional power tied up by Puncom for paddy season through bilateral arrangement such as purchase through traders and regional and inter-regional banking. Badal also urged the Power Minister to immediately ensure allocation of 4.5 million metric standard cubic metre gas per day at the government administrative price from the National Gas Grid via Dadri-Nangal pipeline for the 1,000 MW gas-based power plant being set up in Punjab at Ropar. The Chief Minister also asked Shinde to immediately advise NTPC to set up a Central Sector Power Plant of at least 4,000 MW in the state with at least 50 per cent share as Punjab had no Central Sector Power Plant and was ready to offer land and water linkage for the project. Making a strong plea for immediate allocation of coal block of high quality, Badal urged the Power Minister to recommend the state''s case as a special one as it was facing acute shortage of power and had already tapped all the hydro- electricity potential. The state, he said, was left with only option of generating thermal power, for which assured coal supply was a pre-requisite. .
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