Category: Power

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is facing a severe financial crunch, thanks to the inability of the state government to release power subsidy. The corporation is spending crores each day to purchase power to meet the demand, which has reached new highs. This could mean that the corporation may not be able to purchase […]

New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh said soon (15-20 days) a new scheme would be launched allowing farmers to set up 2 MW solar panels to produce power to be bought by the government. RK Singh, a former Union Home Secretary, said farmers could earn up to Rs 1 lakh per year per acre. […]

The ONGC signed an MoU with IOCL for CO2 based Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) by injecting CO2 captured from IOCL’s Koyali refinery. The MoU is aimed at establishing a framework for mutually beneficial cooperation in the area of CO2-EOR as a mode of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). The common objective is to address […]

Farmers led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) protested outside the office of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) in the district’s Dhand village on Friday, claiming that their power-related complaints remain unresolved. They threatened to lock the office if their problems were not resolved soon. They alleged UHBVN employees were absent from office […]

With the onset of paddy season, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has established 24-hour nodal complaint centres at its divisional offices throughout the state. Officials said the step had been taken to accommodate increasing number of complaints in the paddy season. They said with this, the PSPCL has doubled its capacity to register […]

Just around two months before the general elections, Lok Sabha MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh had offered a ray of hope to residents that power generation in the district would be enhanced with the installation of solar panels at several government buildings in the city, but no development has been witnessed in this regard on the […]

City residents continue to face tough times due to the erratic power and water supply. Even though the Municipal Corporation officials claimed that the water supply would be restored to normal from today, several areas still faced water issues. Residents said water pressure was low. Some areas did not get fresh water on fixed time. […]

Unscheduled power cuts have hit farmers who have been preparing fields for the kharif season. Before the onset of monsoon, water pumps are used to irrigate the fields where paddy saplings are transplanted. The paddy needs standing water for growth, but cultivators are finding it difficult to plant saplings as due to power outages water […]

The Association of Industries (AOI) has raised serious concerns about frequent tripping of power supply and low voltage from grid station and Gangyal receiving station. They said due to this unit holders were facing a lot of problem and their production activity was disturbed resulting in huge financial loss. At a meeting held today, Rattan […]

Residents of Sector 27, 17, 26, 18 and 19 faced six to eight hours power cut after a snag developed at Sector 32 sub-station. The residents alleged that despite making numerous calls to the complaint centre, the supply was not restored. A resident of Sector 27 said the power supply went off around 1 pm […]

City residents staged a protest against power tariff hike at Paras Ram Nagar chowk on Friday. Former councilor and SAD leader Vijay Kumar led the protest. He flayed the incumbent state government for putting unnecessary burden on the common man and demanded immediate roll back of the hike. Protesters claimed that the power rates in […]

Farmers from across the district, under the banner of seven agitating farmer organisations, staged a sit-in at the District Administrative Complex, demanding adequate power supply for planting paddy from June 1, on Friday. Besides, they have several demands that they want the government to fulfill. Kanwalpreet Singh Pannu, state convener of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee, […]