PSPCL to ensure uninterrupted power at affordable rates: Minister
Thursday, 04/01/2018
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Chandigarh – State Power and Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh on Wednesday reiterated that Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has started process to recruit 2,800 assistant line men, 330 LDC, 253 sub station attendants, and 300 JES. Apart from these, 384 dependants of PSPCL employees has been given jobs on companionate grounds and jobs to 60 more dependents would be provided soon.
Disclosing this here on Wednesday while releasing the wall calendar of PSPCL, Rana Gurjit Singh said that on the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Punjab government was committed to give jobs to the youth of the state. “Apart from providing job opportunities to the youth of the state under “Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ mission, Punjab government is also committed to providing reliable, affordable and uninterrupted power to its all the consumers of the state,” he added. Highlighting PSPCL’s achievements, Rana Gurjit said that Punjab has met the maximum demand of 11,705 MW Power on July 11, last year, which was a grand achievement of the Punjab and all credit goes to hard working engineers and employees of PSPCL.
Rana Gurjit Singh further added that under R-APDRP scheme infrastructure development of 46 towns having population more than 30,000 have been covered at a cost of Rs 1,632.70 crore to reduce AT&C losses below 15 percent and to bring about commercial viability besides reducing outages and increasing consumers Satisfaction. “Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jyoti Yojana strengthening and augmentation of sub transmission and distribution infrastructure under rural areas has been undertaken covering 1,968 villages at a cost of Rs 252.06 crore. The feeders segregation/ AP consumer metering in Kandi area is being undertaken at a cost of Rs 190.24 crore,” added Power Minister.
