The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Monday claimed to have supplied, on an average, 10.3 hours of electricity on Sunday across the state for paddy operations.
“The Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has directed to ensure unhindered supply to the agriculture sector at all costs, and the Department is working round the clock to ensure maximum electricity availability for crop operations,” said PSPCL’s Chief Managing Director (CMD) A Venu Prasad.
He said that the overall state average supply time has increased from 9.8 on Saturday to 10.3 hours on Sunday.
Citing data of electricity time supplied to agriculture operations on Sunday, the CMD said that average supply hours for Border Zone comprising Gurdaspur, Sub Amritsar, and Tarn Taran was 14.7 hours, while Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, and Nawanshahar districts of the North Zone received on average 11 hours of supply on the same day against 12.4 and 10.3 hours respectively on Saturday.
Similarly, farmers of Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Ropar and Mohali districts that form the South Zone got on average 10.2 hours of electricity supply during the same period, he said.