BJP, farmers slam Punjab govt over power crisis in Ludhiana

With both domestic power consumers and industrialists disgruntled over the choppy power supply at the height of the heatwave, members of the Bhartiya Janata Party staged a protest against the Congress-led Punjab government and the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited outside the chief engineer’s office on Ferozepur Road on Friday.

Heavy police force was deputed to ensure law and order. The BJP workers alleged that it was the state government’s mismanagement, which had led to the power crisis in the state.

“On one hand the government has hiked the power tariff in the state, while on the other, they have failed to provide uninterrupted power supply to the farmers and industry,” they said.