Barring village near Morinda, power supply back in Ropar district

Ropar, May 31

Forty-eight hours after a storm uprooted many trees and electricity poles and damaged several transformers in the region, the authorities said power had been restored in a majority of affected areas. Punjab State Power Corporation superintending engineer Satwinder Singh Sehmbi said the power supply would be restored in the remaining residential areas by tomorrow. “However, electricity will not be supplied to a large number of tube wells for the next few days as many transformers have been damaged,” he said.

Thousands of residents of Morinda, Chamkaur Sahib and surrounding villages had to spend sleepless night after power supply was disrupted due to the storm late on Saturday night. Sehmbi said during the last two days, they were able to restore power supply to all residential areas barring Datarpur village near Morinda. The residents of Datarpur would also start getting electricity from tomorrow as the work on its power lines was going on in full swing, he added. — TNS