CHANDIGARH:  The persistent demand of the farmers, the Punjab State Electricity Board had re-introduced Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (V.D.S) for Tubewell Consumers to regularize un-authorize loads of higher size motors/submersible pump sets used by them.

Disclosing this here Wednesday an official spokesman said that special camps were also being organized at many places to regularize such loads at nominal charges without any penalty. Regularization Charges have been fixed Rs. 1000/- for per BHP for extended load only. However the rates of security would remain Rs. 200 per BHP for extended loads only.

Tubewell connections released within last 3 years either under general category or any other priority category should not be entitled to get un-authorized load regularized under VDS. However such consumers were allowed to get their load regularized at the rate of Rs. 3000/- per BHP, except for connections released under discretionary quota of Chairman, the rate for enhancing load would be Rs. 5000/- per BHP.

For these farmers should contact the concerned field office to regularize their un-authorized tubewell loads, on the spot by getting entries made in their pass books, before 31-7-2008, because no further extension would be given before this.