Frequent Power Outages Cripple Life in Diglipur, Residents Demand intervention of Administration Rabindranath Biswas

Diglipur, July 26: The normal life of the people of Diglipur is being severely paralysed with the erratic power supply for the last couple of days.
According to information, after every 1-2 hour, and/or at highly irregular intervals, there is a power failure and which put the people of Diglipur in real trouble. “Though the power outage doesn’t last longer, it puts us into a vexatious situation to experience as our works are awfully interrupted by this frequent and irregular power supply”, lamented the job typing and other service providers.
Similarly, electrical/domestic appliances in residential houses in rural areas are also being badly affected by this irritant power failure, general public alleged. According to the villagers, the power supply once gone is uncertain when it will be restored, they further alleged. The goods they store in their refrigerators are always at a risk of perishing because of unexpected power outages, they fumed.
However, when contacted to unearth the reasons of the alleged power disruptions in Diglipur region, the higher Officials of the Electricity Department, Diglipur told Andaman Sheekha Daily over phone that there were certain unavoidable hurdles which caused power failures in the last few days. During this rainy season, trees and branches of trees standing close to the HT lines continue to fall on the lines owing to squally weather and the HT lines often gets tripped thereby disrupting the power supply. Repeated tripping and other related reasons cause flashes in the power control panels in the Power Houses which are also the reasons for disruption in the power supply, the technical staff of the department further explained.
However, when asked as how to permanently eliminate/deal with this undesired situation which suddenly crop up thereby disrupting the power supply, they said that the tree-branches are required to be properly trimmed so that branches don’t touch the lines and tripping doesn’t happen. And when asked why tree-branches aren’t pruned before the rainy season starts, they said that there were some risk factors involved in cutting the branches of trees standing close to HT/LT lines and touching the lines.