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Power-short Punjab changes office timings,
ban ACs use
Sunday July 29, 2012 08:13:43 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: An acute
shortage of power across the state has forced the Punjab
government to announce Sunday that office timings in all
government offices will be changed from Aug 1 (Wednesday).
The government also ordered a complete ban on the use of
air-conditioners in all government offices, boards and
corporations in the state with immediate effect till further
orders.
"To cope up with the acute power shortage due to deficient
rainfall during the monsoon in the state, the Punjab government
today (Sunday) decided to change the office timings from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m. without lunch break in all the government offices, boards
and corporations across the state till further orders with effect
from Aug 1, 2012," a spokesman of the chief minister's office said
here.
The spokesman said that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has
asked the chief secretary to issue detailed instructions to the
district administrations in this regard to ensure necessary steps
to curtail power consumption during the power crisis.
Punjab has reported 65 percent deficit rainfall this year. With
power generation hitting a low, power cuts ranging from eight to
15 hours are common at various places.
"All the districts heads of offices would be solely responsible
for ensuring strict compliance of these instructions. These would
also be applicable to the camp offices of divisional
commissioners, deputy commissioners and SSPs (senior
superintendents of police) besides the commissioners of municipal
corporations," the spokesman said.
Supply of drinking water would be ensured at the door steps of
residents in cities and the towns through water tankers in view of
acute water shortage, he added.
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