In Punjab, Industry fumes at 3-hr notice for shutdown: ‘we pay bills, made to suffer’
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)’s decision to start imposing two days of weekly off on heavy industries in designated industrial areas to deal with the state’s electricity crunch has not gone down well with many industrial unit owners in the Central Zone, many of whom complained that they were not given enough notice by the power board.
More than 5,000 large-scale units under the Central Zone – in industrial towns of Ludhiana, Khanna, Amloh, Mandi Gobindgarh and Sirhind – were forced to observe a two-day weekly off starting from Thursday 2pm. PSPCL authorities claimed that Thursday’s immediate shutdown helped them free up 1300MW of power that could be supplied to people of the state.
