Protests mount as Dera Bassi societies face prolonged power outages

Fed up with prolonged power cuts for the past many days, residents of Golden Palm, Bella Homes, Sai Enclave, and VIP Enclave housing societies in Dera Bassi on Saturday night staged a protest outside the Mubarikpur power grid, raising slogans against the PSPCL and Punjab Government for the erratic power supply. They threatened to block the main highway if the problem persisted.

The protesters alleged that for the past four days outages had made their life miserable. Despite repeated calls to PSPCL officials, they did not get any satisfactory response.

Even on Saturday night, they did not get any convinçing reply from officials at the grid for prolonged power cut, but soon the power supply was restored. Mirpur village residents also took to the streets and vented their anger against the PSPCL. Soon employees arrived and began repairing the infrastructure.

The Palm City Resident Welfare Association staged a protest on Sunday morning expressing displeasure over the prolonged power outages for the past several days.

Residents here have demanded an immediate solution from the administration.

“For the past three to four days, the power supply is cut off from around 10 pm to 7 am every night, causing inconvenience to residents,” KR Sharma, a resident.

PSPCL officials remained unavailable for a comment.