Onthe directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab StatePower Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is ensuring uninterrupted 8-hour electricitysupply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hikeacross domestic sector.
Disclosingthis, the Chief Managing Director (CMD) PSPCL A Venu Prasad said that top mostpriority for the department is to fulfil the requirements of agri sector inview of ongoing paddy operations and farmers across the state are beingprovided minimum of eight hours power supply.
Citingdata of electricity time supplied to agriculture operations on Saturday, theCMD said that average supply hours for Border Zone comprising Gurdaspur, SubAmritsar and Taran Tarn was 12.4 hours, while Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur& Nawanshahar districts of the North Zone received on average 10.3 hours ofsupply on the same day.
Similarly,farmers of Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Ropar and Mohali districtsthatform the South Zone got on average 9.6 hours of electricity supply during thesame period, a department spokesperson said. Areas of Bathinda, Faridkot, SriMuktsar Sahib and Ferozpur got 8.9 hours average supply. Overall state averageof power supply hours to the sector on the same day turns out to be 9.8 hours.
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Reiteratingthe Government's commitment to ensure quality power supply to all sectors, theCMD said all efforts are being made to balance the demand and supply equationat the earliest to avoid any hardship to any citizen.