Ludhiana, March 19 -- PSPCL Rs.100-crore power upgrade gains momentum in city

After months of anticipation, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)'s ambitious Rs.100-crore plan to reduce power outages in Ludhiana is finally moving from promise to execution.

The utility has begun securing land and initiating groundwork for new 66kV substations across the city, even as questions arise over delays, cost variations, and transparency in land acquisition.

Under PSPCL's Outage Reduction Plan (ORP), Ludhiana was originally slated to receive eight substations, a number that has now increased to nine with the addition of a new site in Sector 32. The expansion reflects the growing electricity demand in the city, where overloaded substatio...