Patiala – Punjab State Power Corporation Limited has issued instructions to all chief engineers and field officers of distribution zones to ensure and take appropriate action to prevent incidents of fire during wheat crop harvesting season in Punjab. A spokesman of PSPCL said that in order to avoid fire incidents involving wheat crops due to electrical sparks. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited has made special efforts in this direction.
The lose wires of HT / LT lines passing through the fields should be tightened, where the distance between electric poles are more, it should be set right by placing another intermediate pole. Instructions have been issued to ensure setting of proper gap of loose lines between two lines at crossings. Apart from this, loose jumpers of all transformers/poles should be repaired. Besides this, farmers are also appealed that in view of enhanced possibility of fire due to high temperature during 15 days of crop harvesting season, power supply to the AP feeders will be provided during night as per requirement instead of day timings. PSPCL has requested farmers of the state to cooperate and take care of the power infrastructure while harvesting with combines so as to avoid fouling with transformers, poles and stays etc.
Punjab State Power corporation limited has appealed to all farmers and general public that in case any electric line is sparking, the staff of PSPCL, J.E/S.D.O. may be informed immediately on the phone. Wherever the electrical wires are loose or low, consumers can register this information on PSPCL 24 hours control room telephones nos. 9646106835 and 9646106836 for electricity related complaints . All field officers have been instructed to ensure proper maintenance of all G.O. switches reported for sparking.
