The recent storm in Punjab has caused huge damage to power distribution system of the State. KD Chaudhri, chairman cum managing director, Punjab State Power Corporation limited on Tuesday said that the storm which was spread out in 10 districts of Punjab, uprooted many towers, broke electric poles, damaged distribution transformers thereby causing disruption in power supply in some areas of Punjab.
He said work on restoration of power supply was effected immediately after the storm subsided and engineers and staff were working on war footing for erecting and repairing distribution transformers and lines and most of the feeders have already started supplying power to consumers.
Giving details, Chaudhri said the storm caused breakage of 1138 poles in Gurdaspur district, 247 in Kapurthala, 516 in Hoshiarpur, 277 in ludhiana, 206 in Barnala, 437 in Bathinda, 840 in Faridkot, 590 in Ferozepur, 97 in Tarn Taran and 450 in Muktsar. Similarly, 71 transformers were damaged in Gurdaspur, 44 in Kapurthala, 71 in Hoshiarpur, 58 in ludhiana, 48 in Barnala, 40 in Bathinda, 128 in Faridkot, 40 in Ferozepur, 46 in Tarn Taran and 229 in Muktsar thereby causing disruption in power supply.
Chaudhri said that power supply has been made normal in most of the affected area and hoped that few feeders and distribution transformers which were heavily damaged will also be made functional anytime now. He added that sufficient power is available with PSPCl and barring few regulatory measures power supply will remain normal throughout Punjab.