DESPITE THE Punjab State Power Corporation Limited’s promise (PSPCL) to provide 8-hour uninterrupted power supply to tubewells throughout paddy season, which began June 10, farmers across several villages are not only facing power cuts but also frequent faults in supply lines which have not been repaired for 4-5 days. While some farmers are getting these repaired from private electricians and bearing the expenditure, others are having to use generators to ensure their paddy crop gets enough water.
Pal Singh Daula, a farmer from Daula Singhwal village in Sunam, Sangrur district, said that in their village, the power supply lines and transformers recently got badly damaged due to strong winds, and they haven’t been repaired for five days. “We had to resort to a dharna at the office of the XEN (executive engineer), PSPCL,
