The Punjab state power corporation limited (PSPCL) has given a supply schedule for agriculture consumers for sowing of other crops and vegetables.
As per the schedule that is issued from April 20 onwards, the cotton area feeders will get eight hours of power supply and six hours power supply will be provided for the crops like Sugarcane, litchi, sunflower and other horticulture crops. Similarly, for the remaining crops four hours daily or eight hours alternate hours of power supply will be provided by the PSPCL.
The Punjab cotton belt farmers, were demanding the reclamation of power to the tube wells to irrigate their agricultural fields as water is required for cotton sowing and for irrigating the green fodder for livestock and some other crops.
The PSPCL, as a preventive measure to avoid any fire incident in the standing wheat fields, has stopped the power supply to tube wells temporarily this year.
The Punjab cotton belt farmers, were demanding the reclamation of power to the tube wells to irrigate their agricultural fields as water is required for cotton sowing and for irrigating the green fodder for livestock and some other crops.
The PSPCL, as a preventive measure to avoid any fire incident in the standing wheat fields, has stopped the power supply to tube wells temporarily this year.
The Punjab cotton belt farmers, were demanding the reclamation of power to the tube wells to irrigate their agricultural fields as water is required for cotton sowing and for irrigating the green fodder for livestock and some other crops.
The PSPCL, as a preventive measure to avoid any fire incident in the standing wheat fields, has stopped the power supply to tube wells temporarily this year.
As the groundwater table in Punjab is exhausting quickly, the PSPCL has additionally made a request to the farmers to utilize water for development of harvests and try not to water void fields before the beginning of paddy season.
During the paddy season in Punjab the demand for power in and the PSPCL is expecting that power request might cross 15500 MW this paddy season which might begin by the mid of June.
Due to severe heat waves the demand of power in the state has proactively expanded. PSPCL has requested every one of its users for the judicial utilization of power so adequate coal stock can be worked to be used in the impending paddy season.
It also has requested farmers to introduce ISI checked shunt capacitors of adequate limit on Agriculture Pump sets to improve Power Supply on AP Feeders.
