Less power cuts this winter: PSEB
Umesh Dewan
Tribune News Service

Patiala, January 21
Power cuts this time is considerably of less duration than the corresponding period last year, with the anti-power theft drive of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) going well and reduction in transmission and distribution losses.

Even though there has been a hue and cry in the state over power cuts, a comparative data compiled by the board from January 1 to January 17, 2010, shows that the board on an average currently imposes power cuts for 2.48 hours per day, whereas the figures for 2008 winters stood at 3.57 hours per day.

The statistics available with The Tribune shows that though the demand has witnessed an increase this year but the duration of power cuts has been reduced by 1.09 hours per day. Interestingly, the data shows that there has been a decrease in power supply from various sources this year.

On the basis of average shortfall during the past 35 days, as on January 17 this year, the average shortfall of power on daily basis from the board’s hydel generation is 32.68 lakh units, whereas the power availability from Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) sources has gone down by 32.64 lakh units.

The dip in power from the Central sector was recorded to be 9.17 lakh units daily.