Power demand surges to record 16,983 MW

The state’s powerfulness depletion scaled unprecedented heights, mounting a caller grounds of 16,983 megawatts (MW) astatine 2 p.m. today, surpassing the erstwhile all-time highest request of 16,836 MW recorded connected June 12.

Urban centres person witnessed a spike successful air-conditioner usage owed to precocious humidity, portion astir 14 lakh tubewells crossed Punjab are besides moving astatine afloat capableness to irrigate paddy fields. This dual load is contributing heavy to the soaring powerfulness requirement, said a retired PSPCL engineer.

All large thermal powerfulness plants successful the authorities are operating astatine afloat capacity.

According to an agriculture expert, astatine present, implicit 32 lakh hectares is nether paddy, with 73 per cent of the country being irrigated by tubewells.