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Will suffer production loss of Rs 1k cr due to PSPCL weekly off orders: Furnace industry | Ludhiana News

Ludhiana: The furnace industry of Ludhiana has claimed that due to the weekly offs imposed by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), it will face production loss of Rs 1,000 crore. The owners of furnace, rolling mills and other allied units also claim that they have to pay Rs 100 crore to labourers even when there is no work for the almost 10 days of keeping their units shut. According to furnace industry representatives, in the wake of the weekly off orders, more than 500 units have completely shut down since July 1 and will remain so till July 10 when the weekly off ends. K K Garg, president of Induction Furnace Association of North India (IFANI), said, “Earlier, for almost two months, industrial oxygen supply to our factories remained suspended due to which majority of furnaces were closed. Now, the power crisis has forced us to shut down since July 1.”

Industrialists: Need flexibility, not closure of units to rationalise power | Chandigarh News

Local residents shout slogans against the Punjab government during a protest against the ongoing power cuts and hike in electricity prices, in Amritsar on Wednesday PATIALA: Industrialists in Mandi Gobindgarh town of Fatehgarh Sahib district on Wednesday held a meeting and decided to give a memorandum to the state government demanding flexibility in allowing them to use power up to 50% instead of closing the industry to meet the power demand. Late on Monday evening, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) extended the power restrictions and asked the large-scale industries in Punjab using more than 100 KW of load in central, north, and west zones to shut down for another three days till July 10 as the state is facing power shortage. The continuous supply industry has also been asked to use just 50% of the sanctioned load from July 8 to July 18. This is necessary to maintain 8-hour supply to the agriculture sector.

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