Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday directed Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to ensure 8-hour uninterrupted power supply to farmers and purchase deficient power from outside the state at any cost to prevent supply disruption in the ongoing paddy sowing season.
Chairing a high-level meeting to review the power supply to farmers during the ongoing kharif season, the CM also directed the finance department to release ₹500 crore to the PSPCL to tide over the financial crunch faced amid the pandemic.
Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who was present at the meeting, assured that his department would release these funds without delay.
