N & M Correspondent
Billyground, Nov 08: This has become a habit of SE Electricity Department to publish rejoinders against Newspaper reports instead of accepting department’s fault. As everybody knows rejoinders are published not for public but to mislead superior officers. Recently the SE refuted a news item of Andaman Sheekha claiming that there was no fault from the side of Electricity Department in nearly 24 hour long power cut, which Middle Andaman region had suffered on 12.09.2012.
In yet another example of gross negligence from the side of Electricity Department, this time the Hari Nagar Area of Middle Andaman suffered nearly three day long power cut due to fault in a transformer.
According to the PRI members of the area on 6th November 2012 sparking was witnessed in a transformer at around 7.00 am following which there was power cut in the area, though this matter was reported to the AE of the region, who is based at Mayabunder, no action was taken from his side. Even on 7th November 2012 no one came to repair or replace the transformer.
“Finally today evening the transformer has been replaced probably with an old transformer and we fear that by night this transformer will also give up,” Mr. Monojeet Halder, Up-Pradhan of the area told Andaman Sheekha today.
Villagers alleged that as since last three years no full time JE has been posted in the village the electric lines develops fault almost everyday, resulting in power cut. Not only this, detecting faults also take long long time.
“We demand immediate posting of a full time JE for this area,” the Up-Pradhan added.
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