If the readers recall, these columns explained in September 2015, that not a single power plant was under construction, and that the Sampur power plant was badly behind schedule. Perhaps, a right thinking Govt would take note of such assessments, and the numerous warnings and reports circulating in the energy bureaucracy since 2012 that a crisis is approaching, and kick CEB on the back, to implement new projects fast, of which the corner stone will be the Sampur projects. Not one but two power plants in Sampur were on the drawing boards. READ MORE …