Sufficient power for paddy: Chaudhri\
Umesh Dewan
Tribune News Service

Patiala, November 20
Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) KD Chaudhri has informed that the present power supply position in Punjab was comfortable and arrangements were being made to get adequate power for the 2011 paddy season. He said presently the PSPCL was giving about 150 lakh units to other states without imposing any power cut on any category of consumers.

Chaudhri informed that under the present arrangements being made by the PSPCL, the power borrowed during last summer was being returned and surplus power was being banked with Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pardesh and Madhya Pardesh, while adding that around 70 lakh units of power were being banked with these states everyday. “About 90 lakh units of power are being banked with Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan daily, so that this power is made available to Punjab during the 2011 paddy season,” he added.

Chaudhri further said, “This year water level in dams is good and it is expected that power from hydel generation during the summer season next year will be more. Even at present 40-45 lakh units of more power are being generated from hydel stations as compared to last year”. Speaking on coal position, Chaudhri said sufficient stock was available at all three thermal plants.