Chandigarh, June 26 -- In a relief to 700-odd families, the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has directed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to issue regular power connection to a Zirakpur society.

The court said the members of Sushma Valencia Apartment Owners Association would deposit a sum of Rs.2 crore and install requisite equipment in the society and in turn, the PSPCL would issue a regular connection to the society, preferably within four weeks from the deposit.

The dwellers at the Sushma Valencia housing complex in Zirakpur have been spending up to Rs.45 per unit for drawing power through diesel generators as the developer abandoned the project in March. In May, the residents had approached the HC after PSPCL re...