Rain brings down demand, power outages likely to end

The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) finally heaved a sigh of relief after sudden rainfall led to a drop in temperature, which brought down the power demand to less than 6,000 MW from 9,500 MW witnessed last week.

For a fortnight, the PSPCL had been struggling in terms of low coal availability and high power demand leading to outages and rotational load shedding at several places across the state.