KD Chaudhri, chairman cum managing director, Punjab State Power Corporation limited on Friday said the corporation under R-APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Programme) have commenced an ambitious programme to augment power distribution system in 40 towns all over Punjab at a cost of more than Rs1,300 crore.
The CMD said that the project has already started in all 40 towns under strict monitoring of time frame by management of PSPCl. The towns covered under the programme are Amritsar, Jalandhar, ludhiana East, ludhiana West, Patti, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Phagwara, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Tarn Taran, Batala, Nakodar, Sunam, Sirhind, Nangal, Rajpura, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Samana, Nabha, Barnala, Kharar, Jagraon, Ferozepur Cantt, Moga, Fazilka, Muktsar, Zira, Jaito, Jalabad, Mansa, Ferozepur City, Bathinda, Gidderbaha, Abohar, Faridkot, Malout, Kotkapura andRampuraphul. Chaudhri said the project has been awarded to reputed firms such as l&T, A2Z and Godrej, based on the competitive bidding and the work has been started by these firms in their regions.
He said after the completion of augmentation and up-gradation of the identified overloaded feeders and transformers, the problems of break downs and voltage fluctuations will reduce drastically. There will also be considerable reduction in transmission & distribution losses and reliable power supply will be ensured to electricity consumers of Punjab.