Badal assures 8-hour regular power to farmers
Kulwinder Sandhu
Tribune News Service

Ratta Khera (Muktsar), June 15
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has assured to supply 8-hour uninterrupted power supply for paddy cultivation during the sowing season to farmers of the state every day. He was talking to mediapersons here today.

He said the state had signed agreements with a few other states to purchase extra power at higher rates to meet the demands of consumption.

“We are currently producing 6,500 MW of power, but the demand has crossed 12,000 MW,” he said.

When asked about the power cuts being imposed in urban areas, Badal said he was helpless and alleged that the previous Congress government was responsible for the shortage of power.

He said the previous government did not made any effort to set up new power plants to increase the production of power.

Badal said officials of the Punjab State Electricity Board had been asked to review the problems and demands of farmers, especially in the wake of the sowing paddy season.

He said the over-loaded grid sub-stations and transformers were being augmented and overloaded feeders were being bifurcated to reduce their loads.