Patiala : The Punjab government on Tuesday terminated the services of Harjit Singh, the director (generation) of the power utility ?Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, citing "serious misconduct" in fuel cost management at state-run thermal power plants.

According to an official order issued by Power Secretary and Chairman PSPCL Basant Garg, the government observed that despite the power utility owning its own coal mine at Pachhwara in Jharkhand, the fuel cost at Guru Gobind Singh Super thermal plant in Rupnagar, and Sri Guru Amardas Thermal Plant, Goindwal Sahib, was found 0.75 paise to Rs 1.25 per unit higher than that of private thermal plants, causing losses of several crores of rupees to the corporation. Read Also Punjab News: Harjinder Singh Dhami Re-Elected SGPC President For 5

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