14-hour outages: Major power crisis in Punjab; govt offices to open from 8am to 2pm

Punjab, reeling under unprecedented power shortage amid an intense heatwave, is facing unbearably long electricity outages as the demand reached a high of 14,500 MW on Thursday, resulting in a shortfall of 1,330 MW in supply.

14-hour outages: Major power crisis in Punjab; govt offices to open from 8am to 2pm
Punjab, reeling under unprecedented power shortage amid an intense heatwave, is facing unbearably long electricity outages as the demand reached a high of 14,500 MW on Thursday, resulting in a shortfall of 1,330 MW in supply.