Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has met its all-time highest demand of 14,960 megawatt (MW) on Wednesday (June 21) with overall drawl from Northern Grid being 8716 MW.
“Punjab Government is committed to ensure quality power supply in the State and no cuts are being imposed on any industrial, non-residential supply (NRS) or domestic category besides providing eight-hour daily uninterrupted power supply to agriculture feeders for sowing of paddy crop throughout the State,” said the state Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO.
The Minister said that like previous year, the State Government has decided to commence the sowing of paddy across the State in a phased manner.