The Tipping Point: Why Punjab’s Grid Collapsed in Just Two Weeks
(By Quratulain Khalid) Two weeks ago, Punjab’s power grid operated with minimal disruption. Industrial units ran on schedule, urban feeders held steady, and load shedding was confined to routine maintenance windows. Today, the same region is grappling with eight to twelve hours of daily outages, unscheduled industrial tripping, and government-mandated peak-hour blackouts. The suddenness is…