Electrical engineers accuse PSPCL management of electricity crisis | Chandigarh News

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PATIALA: The PSEB Engineers Association today criticized the PSPCL leadership and the government of Punjab for the state’s electricity crisis, as they repeatedly ignored their suggestions and made bad decisions. The association alleged that due to poor planning neither sufficient manpower was organized nor sufficient equipment purchased, and now management’s claims regarding electrical availability are exposed by the recurring power cuts imposed and insufficient power supply to agricultural consumers. They said that the Punjab is facing a severe power shortage and that, in accordance with poor management decisions, the two out of six healthy units at Ropar Thermal have been shut down and there is an urgent need to relaunch these two units immediately. . Jasvir Singh Dhiman, president of the association, said the Punjab government, going against CEA guidelines and ignoring warnings from electrical engineers about the impending power shortage, decided to shut down the thermal power plant recently. renovated and healthy of Bathinda and two healthy units of Ropar. thermal, without alternative arrangements. The Punjab is now facing an electricity crisis as the state has relied completely on the private sector. The Talwandi Sabo Private Power Plant (TSPL), failed miserably to ensure timely repairs, pushing the state into an electricity crisis during peak demand as one of three 1980 MW TSPL units ( 660 MW * 3 units) was down. since Feb. 27 and is not expected to resume until the end of July, Dhiman said. Ajay Pal Singh Atwal, PSEBEA Secretary General, said proposals from power sector experts to establish additional solar and biomass power plants in Bathinda and Ropar have been ignored by the government. There is a serious staff shortage at the PSPCL as more than 50% of the posts are vacant. Senior engineer Barnala and other engineers were attacked by protesting farm unions on Friday. We have asked the CM Punjab to grant a meeting to discuss all the issues, Atwal said. Notably, PSEBEA members have been protesting for several months against the shortage of critical materials like transformers, poles, wires, etc., the understaffing and non-resolution of requests and have even warned management against the impending electrical crisis. The engineers in protest had previously held to “work to rule” and quit official Whatsapp groups, which resulted in a communication breakdown and were supposed to return the SIM cards on June 25, but they now have given 15 more days to management, otherwise they would become official. SIM cards.

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