Electricity Board v/s Corporation: Which is Best?

      Punjab State for more then one and half decades reeling under severe power shortage and erstwhile State Electricity Board was meeting the demand through power cuts and not tried to expand power generation, thus in the summer season it was very chaotic situation in the state as far electricity supply was concern and outside temperature was increasing every year, tragedy was that which ever government rule in the state they pass on the buck to the previous government of shortage of power that they did nothing to increase the power generation, but ultimately sufferer was average citizen of the state and shopkeepers whose business were based on electricity like photo studios, Photostats, and computer cafes. Power cuts increase the price of their services’. Worst part of this story was last two years when state electricity board was unable to meet the demand even in winter season and had passed the time with five to six hour power cuts across state. Business was going downwards, industrialists were very much vocal as competition from other states ruined there business and state government was imposing new taxes to have their coffer with sufficient money., so once the most prosperous and wealthy state of the country Punjab left far behind from other neighbour states and prosperous crown pass on to other state.
     This year on 15th April was the deadline for state government to take decision whether they want further extension to break the State board into two corporation or dismantle the board, before one week of 15th April it was appearing that state government will further request for extension, but just three days before the deadline speculation was in the air that state government has taken decision to dismantle Punjab State Electricity Board into two corporations –

• Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PowerCom ) 
• Power State Transmission Corporation Limited (TransCo)

to meet the agitation from employees unions of board and farmer unions, state government issue order that any damage to the property of the government would be crime and it will have to be bear by the concern, but after just two days of strike employees came back to work after getting assurances from the state government that no employee of erstwhile board will be sacked and will be adjusted in the corporation plus there benefits will be continue as they were at the time of board. Gradually in the span of just two to three weeks condition of power supply started improving and uninterrupted power supply given by power com across state in the month of may and mid June, when demand of power rises sharply and that was also without erecting any power plants in the state. Every category of consumer was happy with the inception of corporation and started believing that black days of power cuts are over now and they are the story of past that Punjab state has ever power cuts.
      On 15th June Powercom announced power cuts of four hours in a day because of paddy season and power com request the consumers to corporate with them, but the process of power cuts once started till date in the second week of august its continue, which was through press note declared in the beginning only till 15th July, and despite good rain during rainy season still power cuts are face by residents. It has refresh the memory of Punjab State Electricity Board when they pretend with one reason or another and keep on releasing press statement in the newspaper about power cuts –

• Increase in demand they are applying power cuts
• Shortage of rain making them to apply power cuts
• Rise in demand forcing them to clamp power cuts

Hopefully very soon Powercom will come out from the crises and give relief to the residents of state by supplying uninterrupted power which on ground can be possible if they wish as they had provided 24 x 7 power for two months in the state when state board was dismantle, only if they will.