GURUGRAM: Angry residents of DLF 3 blocked the street along Moulsari Avenue metro station and taken visitors to a halt for about 30 mins at round 12.30pm on Sunday, claiming they have been unable to sleep for the past three days because of power outages within the stifling summer heat.
Matters came to a head on Saturday evening, when the hurricane triggered prolonged power cuts throughout town within the wake of the hurricane and rains.
Residents said the facility disaster has intensified during the last couple of days, what with recurrent fluctuations and outages by means of each and every dusk, to the purpose provide has been lasting slightly for a couple of hours.
Over 70 DLF residents who took phase within the demonstration, said “they'd had enough” and gathered on the community centre in DLF 3. “We gathered on the community centre at round 12.30pm,” said Pooja. “Last week too, after there used to be an outage, power used to be restored after we demonstrated. So we determined to do one thing equivalent.” Pooja said the discom (DHBVN) and the builder (DLF) understood “no other language”. “Since the previous day, when the outage began as quickly as the hurricane began, we’ve been making an attempt to succeed in DHBVN, but to no avail. When we reached the community centre there used to be no person to redress our grievances. In anger, we blocked the street beneath Moulsari Avenue metro station. In a couple of mins, police officers arrived, and the discom began calling back,” she said.
Residents said lighting first went out within the evening, and endured through the night. “I’ve been wide awake the entire night,” Nishant, any other resident said. Discom officers informed TOI an 11kV feeder near G-15, DLF 3, had developed leakage. “It had are available in contact with moisture because of the rains, so the road tripped,” said Majid Hussain, junior engineer, DHBVN. Officials also reported of wear to the 66kV sub-station in Block Q, Sikandarpur. They added DLF 3’s problems are exacerbated by means of “overdrawing of power. “Against the 6kW of connected load, every household attracts 4 times on average.”
In South City, Sector 40, residents submitted a grievance with their sub-divisional officer that their home appliances have been getting broken because of voltage fluctuations. “Over the past two months, our ACs and fridges have been broken because of unexpected top voltage spurts. Again, all over nights, units stopped working as voltage dropped abruptly,” the letter reads. In Sushant Lok, the disaster used to be even worse. “I run two WhatsApp teams. In the past 12 hours, I’ve gained 400 complaints,” said Neelu Sharma, a resident.
Recently, DHBVN had blamed 16 developers for the facility mess, alleging they haven’t built adequate infrastructure for blank, 24-hour provide. But that wasn’t enough to satisfy residents. “What are we intended to do then?” Sharma asked. “We pay our expenses steadily. Why are we being held hostage to a dispute between discom and developer?”
Across Gurugram, residents complained they have been going through disastrous power cuts within the aftermath of Saturday’s hurricane.
Officials of transmission corporate HVPNL said the 66kV line that tripped equipped power to Farrukhnagar. “It used to be fixed in 3-4 hours,” said a senior HVPNL official. “One transformer also tripped in Daultabad. No other primary incident used to be reported.”
In time-honoured tradition, HVPNL officers also handed the blame to DHBVN, alleging the discom ceaselessly asked them to restore provide with out vital clearance. “They ceaselessly ask us to start out provide whilst their very own 11kV feeder lines aren't fixed. When we comply, our equipment journeys, after which it takes us longer to mend.”
Matters came to a head on Saturday evening, when the hurricane triggered prolonged power cuts throughout town within the wake of the hurricane and rains.
Residents said the facility disaster has intensified during the last couple of days, what with recurrent fluctuations and outages by means of each and every dusk, to the purpose provide has been lasting slightly for a couple of hours.
Over 70 DLF residents who took phase within the demonstration, said “they'd had enough” and gathered on the community centre in DLF 3. “We gathered on the community centre at round 12.30pm,” said Pooja. “Last week too, after there used to be an outage, power used to be restored after we demonstrated. So we determined to do one thing equivalent.” Pooja said the discom (DHBVN) and the builder (DLF) understood “no other language”. “Since the previous day, when the outage began as quickly as the hurricane began, we’ve been making an attempt to succeed in DHBVN, but to no avail. When we reached the community centre there used to be no person to redress our grievances. In anger, we blocked the street beneath Moulsari Avenue metro station. In a couple of mins, police officers arrived, and the discom began calling back,” she said.
Residents said lighting first went out within the evening, and endured through the night. “I’ve been wide awake the entire night,” Nishant, any other resident said. Discom officers informed TOI an 11kV feeder near G-15, DLF 3, had developed leakage. “It had are available in contact with moisture because of the rains, so the road tripped,” said Majid Hussain, junior engineer, DHBVN. Officials also reported of wear to the 66kV sub-station in Block Q, Sikandarpur. They added DLF 3’s problems are exacerbated by means of “overdrawing of power. “Against the 6kW of connected load, every household attracts 4 times on average.”
In South City, Sector 40, residents submitted a grievance with their sub-divisional officer that their home appliances have been getting broken because of voltage fluctuations. “Over the past two months, our ACs and fridges have been broken because of unexpected top voltage spurts. Again, all over nights, units stopped working as voltage dropped abruptly,” the letter reads. In Sushant Lok, the disaster used to be even worse. “I run two WhatsApp teams. In the past 12 hours, I’ve gained 400 complaints,” said Neelu Sharma, a resident.
Recently, DHBVN had blamed 16 developers for the facility mess, alleging they haven’t built adequate infrastructure for blank, 24-hour provide. But that wasn’t enough to satisfy residents. “What are we intended to do then?” Sharma asked. “We pay our expenses steadily. Why are we being held hostage to a dispute between discom and developer?”
Across Gurugram, residents complained they have been going through disastrous power cuts within the aftermath of Saturday’s hurricane.
Officials of transmission corporate HVPNL said the 66kV line that tripped equipped power to Farrukhnagar. “It used to be fixed in 3-4 hours,” said a senior HVPNL official. “One transformer also tripped in Daultabad. No other primary incident used to be reported.”
In time-honoured tradition, HVPNL officers also handed the blame to DHBVN, alleging the discom ceaselessly asked them to restore provide with out vital clearance. “They ceaselessly ask us to start out provide whilst their very own 11kV feeder lines aren't fixed. When we comply, our equipment journeys, after which it takes us longer to mend.”
Outages worsen after storm, DLF 3 residents hit streets in protest
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June 11, 2018
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