No long power cuts this year
KS Chawla

Ludhiana, June 12
The state will not face heavy power cuts this year as the restructured Punjab State PowerCom Limited has made adequate arrangements to meet the power needs of the farm sector and urban areas. Urban areas will face power cut only for two hours daily as eight-hour power supply is given to tube wells for facilitating paddy transplantation in the state from today.

KD Chaudhary, CMD, Punjab State Powercom Limited, told the Tribune that PowerCom had made arrangements to meet the power requirements from June to August. PowerCom would purchased power from the central sector. As many as 602 million units of power would be purchased in June and 1,253 million units in July.

They would have availability of power to the tune of 3,500 million units all three months from all sources. Chaudhary said besides, the PowerCom would also purchase power worth Rs 1,800 crore under the short-term measures during these months.