New office timings: Power saved to be diverted to farm sector

With the office timings in Punjab set to change next week, the authorities are hoping to save 350 Mega Watts (MW) of power daily. This will then be diverted to the agriculture sector.

This year, the state power providers are expecting the demand to rise to 15,500 MW a day against a maximum of 14,311 MW in 2022. Other than making arrangements for the increased demand, many alternative steps are being planned for making optimum utilisation of available power. Commercial establishments may be asked to change their operation timings to off-peak hours, and the same could be asked of industrial consumers in case the demand rises phenomenally.