DW BUREAU Punjab State Power Corporation Limited CMD A Venu Prasad has instructed Punjab State Power Corporation Limited officers/employees to ensure 8 hours power supply to the farmers for paddy transplantation. The CMD said that power interruptions have been caused due to power shortage owing to closure of one unit of the Talwandi Sabo thermal power plant in Mansa district and storms that occurred on June 10 to 11 in different parts of Punjab. He said that in order to meet the increased power demand in the state due to hot summer and the ongoing paddy sowing season, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited is purchasing power to the tune of 1000 MW to 1100 MW from power exchange on a day-to-day basis and in addition to existing availability of power. He said that the corporation has made arrangements up to 13,700 MW to meet the maximum demand. On June 24 the PSPCL supplied 13,405 MW of power in the State. He said that the PSPCL has provided 8 hours uninterrupted supply in all three time groups to agriculture consumers in all distribution zones as below on June 24: He added that besides the scheduled 8 hours supply, additional supply of around 5.30 hours was provided yesterday as compensation for the power affected due to outages and in general, instructions have been imparted to the field offices for compensating the power supply affected due to outages. (editor@dailyworld.in)