No power connections in unauthorised colonies in Punjab

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has imposed a ban on power connections in colonies that have not been approved by any government agency.

Citing the Illegal Colonies Regularisation Policy 2018, the corporation has stated that no electricity connection would be released in such colonies.
PSPCL officials claimed the instructions had been issued to clear the confusion in interpretation of the existing rules for issuing power connections for such colonies, individual plot holders complained that it had added to further confusion.

“There are cases wherein the promoter of illegal colonies have not applied for regularisation. But individual plot holders,