A shekarar 2012, kimanin kashi 27% na makamashin da aka samar ya ɓace a cikin watsawa ko sata, yayin da aka samar da wadataccen wadataccen buƙata da kimanin kashi 9%. A wannan lokacin, al'ummar ta sha wahala daga yawan wutar lantarki wanda ya kasance har tsawon sa'o'i 10 kuma kusan kashi 25% na yawan jama'a, kimanin mutane miliyan 300, ba su da wutar lantarki kwata-kwata. Ana kokarin rage asarar watsawa da rarrabawa da kuma kara yawan samarwa. A lokacin rani na 2012, wanda ya haifar da gazawar, Punjab ya yi amfani da wutar lantarki mai zafi sosai a New Delhi.
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