RANCHI: Upendra Kumar, a resident of Kanke Road, had less than a minute to save his appliances. As the voltage fluctuated in his house to 440 Volts inside seconds on Thursday evening, many huge appliances, together with fridge and fanatics, had been broken.
Electricity shoppers who misplaced their large and heavy appliances to fluctuating voltages in the town need not fear because of an existing provision of compensation mandated below Central Electricity Act 2003. As thunder and lightening struck the capital on Thursday night with sturdy winds, transmission strains snapped, spiking voltage around the town.
JBVNL managing director Rahul Purwar mentioned: "If there are such complaints of damage, consumers can submit a written complaint for due compensation. We will verify the situation and if the damages are indeed because of low power quality on our behalf, we will be paying for the damages caused. There is also an online provision for filing such complaints so that the consumers do not face any hassles."
With erratic climate prerequisites, the thunderstorms on Thursday evening wreaked havoc on the town's power supply as many portions of the capital continued to stand power outage even on Friday morning. The prime velocity winds not handiest resulted in the well-liked destruction of many electrical energy supply wires operating overhead and poles across Ranchi, however the breakdown of a number of supply strains also left the town residents in darkish with out electrical energy supply.
The worst hit had been portions like Ratu Chatti and Kanke Road, the place prime voltage destroyed many heavy appliances of the residents, main them to stand heavy losses.
"Many of us couldn't even figure out the high voltage issue as we use LED bulbs. There was a high voltage all through the night and no one came to sort it till late afternoon," added Madhu Kumar, every other Kanke resident.
Electricity shoppers who misplaced their large and heavy appliances to fluctuating voltages in the town need not fear because of an existing provision of compensation mandated below Central Electricity Act 2003. As thunder and lightening struck the capital on Thursday night with sturdy winds, transmission strains snapped, spiking voltage around the town.
JBVNL managing director Rahul Purwar mentioned: "If there are such complaints of damage, consumers can submit a written complaint for due compensation. We will verify the situation and if the damages are indeed because of low power quality on our behalf, we will be paying for the damages caused. There is also an online provision for filing such complaints so that the consumers do not face any hassles."
With erratic climate prerequisites, the thunderstorms on Thursday evening wreaked havoc on the town's power supply as many portions of the capital continued to stand power outage even on Friday morning. The prime velocity winds not handiest resulted in the well-liked destruction of many electrical energy supply wires operating overhead and poles across Ranchi, however the breakdown of a number of supply strains also left the town residents in darkish with out electrical energy supply.
The worst hit had been portions like Ratu Chatti and Kanke Road, the place prime voltage destroyed many heavy appliances of the residents, main them to stand heavy losses.
"Many of us couldn't even figure out the high voltage issue as we use LED bulbs. There was a high voltage all through the night and no one came to sort it till late afternoon," added Madhu Kumar, every other Kanke resident.
Poor power supply: JBVNL to pay for damaged appliances
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April 20, 2019
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