Zirakpur Areas Reel Under Power Cuts. Electricity, water issues missing from poll talk
Zirakpur, 19 May
Every day, Zirakpur residents have to endure protracted power outages in the sweltering heat.
Residents reported that unplanned power outages lasting up to four hours are implemented every day on average. “We have had daily power outages in our location for the last four days. After a half-hour, the power supply is restored, but everything goes back to normal, according to Baltana resident KR Sharma.
Residents have complained that power outages don’t just happen in the afternoons in numerous places. Even in Dhakoli, there is no electricity at night. We are the only ones aware of how terrifying this experience is for us. There isn’t a single politician or PSPCL official discussing this issue. One typical response is maintenance work, according to Peermuchhalla resident Vinay Srivastav.
Officials of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) said there was no shortage of power but in summers, overloading issues cropped up in old cables and transformers.
Uninterrupted power supply and safe drinking water are big issues in Zirakpur, Kharar and Mohali, yet no politician is talking about these. A large number of residents suffer from diarrhoea and vector-borne diseases year after year, yet nothing is being done to address the problem.
A resident of Sunny Enclave, Zirakpur, SC Dhall, said, “We have been facing water scarcity for the past two days. Normal water supply was restored last evening.”
At Shakti Nagar in Dera Bassi, which is also known as Tubewell Colony, residents have been facing water scarcity for the past one week. Water is being supplied through tankers there.
