Ludhiana, Sept. 14 -- Power minister Sanjeev Arora on Saturday said the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) would upgrade power lines across the state by June 2026. Addressing a press conference, Arora said that during various election meetings, residents repeatedly highlighted issues of unsafe, low-hanging wires and frequent outages, prompting the PSPCL to design a special project aimed for improvement.

The project will be implemented across 13 major municipal corporations, including Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, Phagwara, Mohali, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Abohar, Batala and Kapurthala, covering 87 PSPCL subdivisions in total.

All non-electric wires, such as dish cables, internet fibre and other unauth...