Frequent power cuts in biting cold has made the life of people difficult, besides hampering the crucial health care facilities in the wake of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Amritsar, January 17
Frequent power cuts in biting cold has made the life of people difficult, besides hampering the crucial health care facilities in the wake of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Anil Vinayak, a resident of Ranjit Avenue, says that there seems to be no solution to unnecessary power cuts, which last throughout the day on Mondays. In biting cold, people, especially old and children, are suffering the most.
“People must ask political leaders when they go door to door for votes if the state has surplus power, why scheduled and unscheduled power cuts are being introduced every week. Mass awareness is needed to redress the issue. Vaccination centres are also facing issues while logging sites,” says Anil Vinayak.
The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has once again put entire working of education and offices online. Power cuts snap links of computer terminals and handsets need to be re-charged soon.
Lakshita, a Class X student, says the current phase is extremely crucial in the run-up to the final examination. Power supply remains snapped throughout the day on Monday on the GT road, where her residence is situated. Power outages are experienced on other days also.
Industrialists of the Focal Point are also irked at unscheduled or erratic power cuts causing deterioration in quality of products under process at that moment. They say the Focal Point falls in category-II where power cuts cannot be enforced without prior intimation and without a valid reason like maintenance.
Healthcare units are also facing difficulties due to erratic power outages. Staff at private and government-run hospitals state that pressure on medical services has increased with the re-emergence of Covid-19 and harsh cold.
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