On the directions of chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has cleared arrears of electricity bills worth ₹77.37 crore of 96,911 domestic consumers having load below 2 KW.
Disclosing this on Friday, a spokesperson of the chief minister’s office said these consumers from five zones across the state — Border zone comprising sub-urban Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, city Amritsar circles, central zone (East Ludhiana, West Ludhiana, Khanna, sub-urban Ludhiana), North zone (Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr), South zone (Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Ropar, Mohali) and West zone (Bathinda, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Muktsar) have as many as 15.85 lakh beneficiaries with total liability of ₹1,505 crore, of which the arrears worth ₹77.37 crore has been waived so far.
