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NEW PSPCL CMD SUSPENDS CHIEF ENGINEER OVER FUEL COST, TRIGGERS ROW
Hindustan Times Punjab
|November 02, 2025
Barely a day after taking charge as the chairmancum-managing director (CMD) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), 2005batch IAS officer Basant Garg on Saturday suspended Harish Sharma, the chief engineer in-charge of the Ropar and Goindwal Sahib thermal power plants, over alleged irregularities in fuel costs for power generation.
The suspension order, issued on Saturday evening, has caused unease among the corporation's senior management, as such action against a chief engineer is usually taken by the whole-time directors of the PSPCL rather than by the CMD unilaterally, said officials familiar with the matter.
This story is from the November 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Punjab.
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