Residents irked by frequent power cuts in Doon

In the summer, the public has to deal with power cuts in many areas of the capital. Wherever the maintenance of the sub-station is broken, the power supply is being interrupted for two to three hours. Even after this, the electricity is disappearing many times in the shortest intervals. At the same time, the claim of UPCL 24 hours of uninterrupted supply is also proving to be false.

On Sunday morning, the transformer of UPCL on EC Road was changed. Earlier it had five MVA capacity, while the new transformer of 12.5 MVA was installed. During this work, power supply was interrupted in several other areas including EC Road from 10 am to 12 pm. At the same time, Haridwar got brake down in a transformer located on bypass road. For this reason, power supply was interrupted from 12.30 pm to 2:30 pm. Apart from this, many areas including Raipur Road, GMS Road, Chandrabani, Harrawala, Dharampur also had 10 to 20 minute power cuts multiple times. In many areas, this cycle continued till late night. During this time, people have had to deal with the heat without electricity.

UPCL remembers repair work after the onset of summers

There is a peak demand of power supply in the summer season. For this UPCL performs testing and other maintenance of sub stations, so that the supply can be improved and there is no problem of breakdown and other fault. But, UPCL officials careless attitude comes to the fore when there are frequent power cuts. Whereas, this work should have already been done. Due to maintenance being carried out now, power supply is being interrupted for several hours. With this, the common man faces a lot of difficulties.