Zirakpur residents reel under 9-hr power cut

Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, April 17

Most residents of Zirakpur reeled under a 9 am to 6 pm power cut here today.

Baltana, Pabhat, Chhat, Rampur Bhudda, Sunny Enclave, Nagla, Aerocity, Lohgarh and Preet Colony were the worst affected areas.

Gourav Mehta, a resident of Shiva Enclave, said, “People had to bear the heat the whole day. Even inverters give up during long power cuts.”

Parents of children, who had to attend online classes in the evening, complained, “Itis unbearable for our kids to attend classes in such hot conditions without a fan.”

“Even batteries of mobile phones were drained by the evening,” said Sumita Mahajan, a resident of Preet Colony.

Officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited said it was a scheduled power cut. The announcement regarding power cut was made yesterday, they added.

Due to the maintenance work of a feeder of a Pabhat power grid, the power supply was interrupted, said a powercom official.