Electricity crisis - Punjab's thermal plants start struggling: coal shortage, 2 units of private plants and 1 unit of government plant shut down; demand exceeds 16,000 during the day.

Electricity crisis - Punjab's thermal plants start struggling: Coal shortage, 2 units of private plants and 1 unit of government plant shut down; demand exceeds 16000 per day - Ludhiana News. In Punjab, electricity generation is directly dependent on thermal plants. Due to the coal shortage, Punjab's thermal plants are starting to struggle. No thermal plant is producing electricity at full capacity. As a result, the state continues to face an electricity crisis.