Despite crisis, no power cuts in Badal village
Friday, 10/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141010/punjab.htm#16
Muktsar : While people in the state are facing long power cuts, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s native village Badal continues to get uninterrupted supply. Except for Bathinda, where no power cuts are imposed as the town houses the Bathinda Thermal Power Plant, these have become a routine affair in other parts of the state.
Residents of Badal village are a privileged lot. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal holds the power portfolio. Said Durga Singh, a resident of Badal village: “The village has not witnessed any power cut in the past two months.”
But residents of nearby Mann village have not been that lucky. When contacted, officials of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) feigned ignorance about the matter.
Sources in the Power Department said that the Civil Hospital at Badal village alone was entitled to a 24-hour power supply. The 132 KV power grid at Badal village is being upgraded.
