Ludhiana, Mar 23 (KNN) The Chamber of Industrial & Commercial Undertakings (CICU) has demanded Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to provide quality power supply round-the-clock without any power cuts.

During a meeting with Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) on March 17th, the industrial body demanded the same.

Commenting on the same, S Upkar Singh Ahuja, President CICU suggested that PSPCL should increase operation efficiency in generation & distribution and decrease losses rather than seeking guidance of PSERC for measures to be taken in case of exigencies leading to power cuts.

''PSPCL can avoid power cuts by adopting latest technology and management in transmission and distribution with smart grid systems. It has been seen that sub–station are erected at technically non-suitable locations under compulsion resulting in more Transmission &. Distribution (T&D) losses and poor quality power,'' CICU added.

Pankaj Sharma General Secretary CICU said that there is an utmost requirement of feeders supplying power to prominent/bulk industrial and commercial consumers, which should be robust to withstand weather adversities like rain and storm, so as to maintain continuous and quality power supply.

He emphasized that peak load demand should be rationalized for distribution to avoid frequent power cuts, tripping and poor quality power supply to industry when agricultural load is too much.

''As electric power supply is the most important input for optimizing production, quality and cost for sustainable industrial growth and global competition. Therefore, power supply with frequent power cuts, scheduled / unscheduled, must be controlled and assured by PSPCL,'' he added.