Archive · 5 Nov 2025

Punjab Govt Sacks PSPCL Director Over Fuel Cost Mismanagement

Punjab Govt Sacks PSPCL Director Over Fuel Cost Mismanagement

Imagine the government runs a big electricity company.

The person in charge of making electricity at some of the company's power plants is being fired.

The government says this person didn't manage the money for coal well.

They claim the electricity from the government's plants costs more than electricity from private companies, even though the government has its own coal mine.

This has caused the company to lose a lot of money.

Another engineer was already suspended for similar issues.

Some people who work for the power company and former employees disagree.

They say the government's power plants are older and can't make electricity as cheaply as new private plants.

They also think the government might be trying to scare the workers because the government wants to sell some of the power company's land, and the workers are against it.

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