Low hanging power cables pose danger
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 25
Residents of houses in Ward Nos.22, 24 and 25 falling in the Joda Phatak area are a harried lot as their repeated requests to remove power supply cables hanging low over their houses have always fallen on deaf ears.
Sahil Singh said he had been living with his parents and wife in the house where power cables dangle too close from their rooftop. So far his family managed as all of them were mature and could be on their guard while moving on the roof. Now, the couple is expecting the baby this year and they are scared of its safety. “Due to care free behaviour children work as per their will and tend to forget dangers ahead. Many accidents had taken place in the past in which children lost their lives or limbs when they came in contact with live wire while playing on their rooftop”.
Indu, another affected resident, said at times as they are engrossed in their work on the rooftop they tend to forget that live wires pass over their houses. She said her family desperately needed to add two more rooms on the upper floor to adjust the growing family. However, they could not do so due to the dangling wire.
Mandeep Kaur, councillor of ward number 25, said all formalities to remove 11 kv cables from ward numbers 22, 24 and 25 have been completed under the Smart City project. She said the project would cost Rs 1 crore and would take two months to execute.
