GURUGRAM: A six-hour-long 'unannounced' power minimize left citizens of Sushant Lok 2 fuming on Saturday. Residents mentioned they have been being put to hardship by means of excessive outages, particularly all over weekends. Over 2,000 households are living within the house.
Residents informed TOI that the discom had made a addiction of switching off power supply all over the weekends. On Saturday, there was no electrical energy from 10am until 3pm, they mentioned.
"We are really tired of all this," mentioned Sudhir Sharma, a resident. "This has become a recurring event every weekend. They seem to be doing it on purpose. The power supply is getting disrupted and it creates issues for senior citizens like me, who are unable to use geysers or heating devices even on these cold days. Sushant Lok 2 doesn't have a power backup system, unlike other areas."
When contacted, DHBVN officers denied that power cuts have been so long as six hours. "We are engaged in maintenance work of power lines at present. We enforced shutdown only for one hour," mentioned Dharam Singh, sub-divisional officer, South City.
Officials mentioned the cut-off date for maintenance work were revised to March 31 from February 28. DHBVN superintendent engineer KC Aggarwal mentioned all work would be entire by means of then. "We are trying to finish maintenance work before the onset of summer. Currently, the power demand is half of the demand in summer, so this time is the best suited for work. People will face a bit of inconvenience, but eventually it is going to benefit them," Aggarwal mentioned.
Residents informed TOI that the discom had made a addiction of switching off power supply all over the weekends. On Saturday, there was no electrical energy from 10am until 3pm, they mentioned.
"We are really tired of all this," mentioned Sudhir Sharma, a resident. "This has become a recurring event every weekend. They seem to be doing it on purpose. The power supply is getting disrupted and it creates issues for senior citizens like me, who are unable to use geysers or heating devices even on these cold days. Sushant Lok 2 doesn't have a power backup system, unlike other areas."
When contacted, DHBVN officers denied that power cuts have been so long as six hours. "We are engaged in maintenance work of power lines at present. We enforced shutdown only for one hour," mentioned Dharam Singh, sub-divisional officer, South City.
Officials mentioned the cut-off date for maintenance work were revised to March 31 from February 28. DHBVN superintendent engineer KC Aggarwal mentioned all work would be entire by means of then. "We are trying to finish maintenance work before the onset of summer. Currently, the power demand is half of the demand in summer, so this time is the best suited for work. People will face a bit of inconvenience, but eventually it is going to benefit them," Aggarwal mentioned.
Sushant Lok 2 angry over long outages on weekends
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