Public Works Department spends over 85% of budget by february in Fy 2024-25: Harbhajan Singh ETO
Manpreet Singh Iyali misrepresented data on power generation and supply: Power Minister
Chandigarh, March 27 (WISHAVWARTA):- Punjab Cabinet Minister S. Harbhajan Singh ETO today informed that during the fiscal year 2024-25, the Public Works Department (PWD) has already spent over 85% of its allocated budget by February 2025.
In a press communique issued here, the Cabinet Minister said that Congress MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh had inaccurately claimed during his speech in the Legislative Assembly that the PWD had only utilized 40% of its budget so far. However, the reality is that by February 2025, the department had already expended 85% of the funds allocated for FY 2024-25, with the bills duly cleared by the Treasury Department.
S. Harbhajan Singh ETO mentioned that the pending bills for work executed by the PWD in February and March would also be processed soon.
Similarly, in response to questions raised by Akali Dal MLA Manpreet Singh Iyali regarding electricity generation and supply, Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO stated that during the fiscal year 2021-22, the peak electricity demand stood at 13431 MW, which increased to 16058 MW by 2024-25. Likewise, the total electricity demand in 2021-22 was 62589 million units, which is projected to rise to 76617 million units in 2024-25.
He said that, the installed power generation capacity, which was 13892 MW in 2021-22, has expanded to 14840 MW by 2024-25
