Punjab sees nearly 30,000 power supply complaints in 15 hours, bypoll-bound Ludhiana West leads in response

The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) got a staggering 29,857 power supply complaints within just 15 hours, from midnight until 3 pm Tuesday, as residents across the state faced power outages amid the ongoing heatwave.According to data sourced from the PSPCL’s online supply complaint portal, 8,746 complaints were resolved by 3 pm, while 20,734 complaints remained pending. Among the pending complaints, 15 had been unresolved for more than 24 hours, while the rest were less than a day old. The average time taken to resolve a complaint was approximately three hours, as per the portal.

- GNS News Agency

The highest number of resolved complaints came from the Ludhiana City West division, where a total of 3,363 complaints were addressed within a 15-hour period. By 3 pm, only one complaint remained pending. This division is part of the bypoll-bound Ludhiana West constituency, where the PSPCL staff have been particularly vigilant in responding to outages.|n the Ludhiana East division, over 3,250 complaints were still pending as of 3 pm, highlighting a significant disparity in complaint resolution among divisions. The surge in complaints comes amid extremely hot weather con-