Punjab State Power Corporation limited (PSPCl) on Wednesday said it has started providing 8 hours uninterrupted power supply to its agriculture consumers for paddy transplanations.
Baldev Singh Sran CMD PSPCl said that daily power supply to all AP consumers in the State has been divided into 3 groups at each sub-station and AP consumers, along side the international border of Punjab will be provided 8 hours power supply during day timings.
The CMD expected that during the paddy season the maximum demand may rise up to 12500 MW and PSPCl has already arrangements for 13000 MW. Sran said that the maximum demand on June 20 at 11:00AM of the paddy season touched 10100 MW which was met easily.Sran assured that all consumers of the Punjab would be provided continuous, uninterrupted and quality power supply in
the state.
He said that PSPCl has also made arrangements for power through banking and purchase arrangements with different sources.