Captain Amarinder Singh orders removal of all power restrictions on industries
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday evening ordered the immediate withdrawal of all power regulatory restrictions that were imposed on industries across the state to meet the power crisis.
The power crisis in Punjab was triggered by a delayed monsoon and an unprecedented surge in demand from both agricultural and domestic sectors.
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Reviewing the power situation in the state after the resumption of generation at one of the three non-functional units at Talwandi Sabo Thermal plant, Captain Amarinder Singh directed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to ease off all power regulatory restrictions on industrial consumers across the state with immediate effect.
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The chief minister was informed that the plant at Talwandi Sabo had resumed 660 MW production, improving the power situation in the state.
The decision on the complete withdrawal of the restrictions was taken by the Chief Minister soon after PSPCL announced a similar but partial withdrawal in districts falling in central and border zones.
The PSPCL had allowed all industries, except those using continuous power, to operate at full capacity from today. However, after the Chief Minister’s intervention, all industries across the state, including those using continuous power round the clock (Textile, Chemicals, and Spinning Mills, etc), can now operate to full capacity.
It may be recalled that owing to an unprecedented rise in demand for power, the PSPCL had, as a temporary measure, ordered restrictions on Industrial consumers of the State in order to provide continuous power supply to Domestic consumers and 8 hours power supply to the Agriculture sector for paddy operations.
Continuous process industries were allowed to operate at 50 percent of their load, a spokesperson from the Chief Minister’s office said.
-PTC News
