Patiala, Sept. 19 -- Newly appointed chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, on Friday visited the power utility's headquarters in Patiala and held his first meeting with directors and senior officials, directing them to ensure uninterrupted and reliable electricity supply across the state.

His visit comes days after the Punjab government replaced former power secretary and PSPCL CMD Basant Garg amid a deepening power crisis, marked by prolonged power cuts affecting domestic, agricultural and industrial consumers.

The government on September 14 assigned additional charge of the power department and the two-state power corporations to Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, a 2001-bat...