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The police reached the spot, pacified the people after explaining it, gave an ultimatum of 15 days to the electricity department to improve the system.
- Dheeraj Nagar has a problem, population of more than 30 thousand affected, neither sleep nor water is available at night
Unannounced power cuts in the scorching heat have created a ruckus in Faridabad and Palwal. People are not getting enough sleep at night, nor are they getting water in the morning. Surprisingly, none of the electricity officials pick up the phone when they call.
In Dheerajnagar, Greater Faridabad, thousands of people sitting in trucks and tractors stormed the Sector 31 power house and shouted slogans against the department. Seeing the anger of the people, the electricity workers fled from the office. After sometime outgoing councilor Ajay Baisala also reached the power house and sat on the dharna. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and after hours of persuading the people and talking to the electricity officials, pacified the protesters and sent them back home, the electricity department has been given an ultimatum of 15 days to improve the system.
Manju, Anuradha, Geeta, Shanti, Bobby, Gulzar, Mukesh etc., residents of Dheeraj Nagar, who are facing the problem of power cut, say that there is a power crisis for the last one month. For the last one week, there is only 8-10 hours of electricity in 24 hours. In that too the voltage remains low. Disappears in the night. People’s lives have become miserable in the scorching heat. No one is getting enough sleep at night. The voltage is so low that even the fan does not work. JE and SDO do not even pick up the phone.
Outgoing councilors and others sitting on dharna at Sector 31 power house
Supply was restored after seven hours
In Palwal, on Friday night, electricity remained missing in half the city. Especially in Housing Board Colony, Prakash Vihar, Basant Vihar, Kalyan Enclave, Sawal Vihar etc., there was power cut at around 2 pm. After this the supply was restored at eight in the morning. Deepak Chaudhary, resident of Basant Vihar, Master Shivdayal, Mahesh Kumar, resident of Kanyan Enclave, etc. told that their inverter was answered in the night. Water supply was interrupted due to no electricity. Due to this school children were forced to go to school without taking bath. Pawan Bhadana, the local councilor of the city council, says that due to the negligence of the officials of the electricity department, electricity problem is being created. If the problem of overload is eliminated in time, then such a situation should not arise.