Government departments major defaulters of PSEB

PATIALA: In an irony, government departments in Punjab are major defaulters of the state electricity board, owing it an amount of Rs 80 crore in the current financial year.

PSEB sources said that hospitals were placed on the top in the list as Rs 11.92 crore was pending from the state health department.

Punjab Water and Sewage Board stood at second position as Rs 11.11 crore was still outstanding against them.

Punjab Police follows the Board with a figure of Rs 10.49 crore. The other major defaulting government department is the Punjab State Tubewell Corporation with an outstanding of Rs 9.43 crore.

Interestingly, PSEB has taken loans from banks to the tune of Rs 400 crore for the purchase of coal.