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Punjab braces up for paddy transplantation

Punjab Newsline Network
Friday, 10 June 2011
By Satinder Bains
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has made all arrangements to ensure smooth transplantation of Paddy with transplantation of saplings slated to start on June 10.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today reviewing the arrangements for paddy transplantation called upon all concerned departments to work out a collective strategy to ensure smooth paddy transplantation so that state could meet the production target of 162.93 lac metric tonnes of paddy this year.

Asking the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to ensure minimum eight hours power supply to the tube wells, the Deputy Chief Minister said that it was imperative for us to ensure this promise to the farmers. Powercom Chairman Mr. K. D. Chaudhary informed in the meeting that Corporation has already entered into MoU with five states including Tripura, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Andhra Pradesh to purchase 1000 MW power to meet the peak load requirement of power for paddy and summer season.

He said that from tomorrow Punjab would start getting 925 MW power from these states. He said that due to intensive bargaining, Punjab was getting power at average Rs 4 per unit, which was Rs 2-2.50 less than last year. He said that from 11 July to meet the increasing domestic power demand, Punjab would get 1076 MW and would continue to purchase power up to October as per the fluctuating demands. He said that to ensure continuous 8 hour three phase power supply to 11 lac tube wells, state has been divided into three groups.

The Deputy Chief Minister asked the Chairman to strengthen the power distribution system so that there was no disruption in the supply. He said that Punjab was the only state in the country that was standing with the farmers, supplying them free power so that they should not suffer loses due to meager increase in MSP by Union Government. Mr Badal asked Chairman to ensure that there should not be any power cut in the cities and to the domestic consumer.