Villagers seek replacement of damaged power meter boxes

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, July 2

Residents of Thakarpura village (Patti) are demanding the replacement of damaged electricity meter pillar boxes installed at several places in the village.

Jorawar Singh, Harwishavjit Singh and other residents of the village in a representation to Powercom officials on Thursday said the department had installed electricity meters out of the premises of the consumers to check power theft. These meters were installed more than 10 years ago at main street crossings. The villagers said with the passing of time these pillar boxes had damaged and there was possibility of power theft. The residents have demanded replacement of the boxes to avoid any untoward incident as the rainy season has set in.

Jatinder Singh, deputy chief engineer local circle, Powercom, said the damaged pillar boxes would be replaced soon as the work had been assigned to officials concerned.