{"id":651500,"date":"2025-11-05T12:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=651500"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:48:57","slug":"ludhiana-a-month-on-pspcls-meter-box-overhaul-moves-at-snails-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/ludhiana-a-month-on-pspcls-meter-box-overhaul-moves-at-snails-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludhiana:\u2009A month on, PSPCL\u2019s meter box overhaul moves at snail\u2019s pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A month after PSPCL vowed to overhaul the district\u2019s ageing electricity network, the reality on the streets paints a starkly different picture. Broken and unsealed meter boxes continue to pose a threat to public safety, highlighting a widening gap between the power corporation\u2019s announcements and on-ground action.<\/p>\n<p>On September 13, PSPCL had unveiled a statewide initiative aimed at upgrading power lines and equipment in Ludhiana, with a key focus on replacing rusted or damaged meter boxes with new, sealed ones. The move was intended to safeguard residents from moisture, electrical shocks and potential tampering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month after PSPCL vowed to overhaul the district\u2019s ageing electricity network, the reality on the streets paints a starkly different picture. Broken and unsealed meter boxes continue to pose a threat to public safety, highlighting a widening gap between the power corporation\u2019s announcements and on-ground action. On September 13, PSPCL had unveiled a statewide initiative aimed at upgrading power lines and equipment in Ludhiana, with a key focus on replacing rusted or damaged meter boxes with new, sealed ones. The move was intended to safeguard residents from moisture, electrical shocks and potential tampering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-power-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}