Unscheduled power cuts, and confusion over power restrictions imposed on the industry are taking a toll on businesses in the industrial hub.
With power randomly disrupted for three to four hours everyday, industrialists’ production cycle has been disturbed, causing them loses in crores everyday. Lambasting the government for failing to prepare a contingency plan to meet the power shortage during summers, Federation of Industrial and Commercial Organisation (FICO) president Gurmeet Kular said the power department was imposing unscheduled power cuts in the name of maintenance to save the image of the department and state government. “Besides, there is a lot of confusion among industrialists as contradicting notices regarding power restrictions are floating on WhatsApp groups. Our manufacturing process has been disturbed because of uncertain power timings.”
