Make power arrangements for paddy season, officials told

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, March 2

DPS Grewal, Director (Distribution), PSPCL, conducted a meeting with the SE, XENs, SDOs and RAs of the Central Zone, here, to ensure provision of maximum facilities of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to consumers and to find solutions for resolving problems being faced by them.

The main agenda behind the meeting was to discuss arrangements to be made to meet power needs of farmers in the upcoming paddy season and steps to be taken to maintain the distribution of power among industries and other consumers at the same time.

Grewal directed the officials to keep additional stock of transformers of different capacities in view of the coming paddy season so that the department should not face any shortage later.

He also discussed key parameters of the billing cycle and asked the officials to ensure correct uploading of data on the online returns portal without any manipulation. He also emphasised on the recovery of the defaulting amount. He asked officials to speed up the recovery of dues, especially those pending against different government departments.

He also asked the officials to keep a check on power thefts while discussing about checking of temporary connections and checking and updating load of public lighting connections.

Grewal directed the officials to regularly update the status of connections on single-window portals. He also asked them to maintain proper records of dismantled meters and unused material lying in field and ordered to return the same to respective labs and stores of the PSPCL.

During the meeting, a discussion on attendance of staff, proper maintenance of cashbooks and distribution of LED bulbs with the help of langar committees and NGOs was also held.