L&T Chief urges Punjab CM to meet PM to ensure coal supply for Rajpura Thermal Plant
Punjab Newsline Network
Thursday, 17 December 2009
CHANDIGARH: Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) AM Naik called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to apprise him about the perspective plan for the upcoming 1320 MW Rajpura Thermal Plant.

Badal acceded the request of Naik to meet jointly with the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh for his personal intervention to sort out the problems related to the short supply of coal in Punjab.

Naik while sharing his experiences with Badal in different fields like education, IT, road infrastructure, health care and power generation, offered company's services to set-up technical skill trainings centres equipped with the latest equipment and techniques in the state.

Taking part in the deliberations the Chief Minister assured Mr. Naik that the state government would extend its full support and cooperation for L&T's initiatives to be taken in the larger public interest. He also appreciated the commendable work done by Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) as India's largest engineering and construction company with additional interests in electrical, electronic and IT sectors.

President SGPC Jathedar Avtar Singh, the Chief Secretary SC Agrawal, and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister DS Guru, Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister KJS Cheema and Chairman PSEB HS Brar also attended the meeting.