Ghaziabad: 3-day long power cut restored in 2 hours
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Ghaziabad: 3-day long power cut restored in 2 hours

AOA Federation Ghaziabad members meet superintending engineer, power department, over power cut in Land Craft, Mahagun Puram, Asianna.

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A delegation of members from AOA Federation Ghaziabad met SB Yadav, superintending engineer of Ghaziabad power department, on Saturday and discussed the issue of power cut in residential societies of Land Craft, Mahagun Puram and Asianna since Tuesday. 

They informed the engineer that the junction box at the power station in Lal Kuwa was repeatedly being damaged on purpose. Col TP Tyagi, president of the AOA Federation Ghaziabad, said that not only the societies on NH 24, but also societies in Indirapuram were being affected due to malpractices of some officials in the power department. Col Tyagi added, “Most of the working professionals residing in the area prefer to pay extra money instead of asking questions. But this practice is leading to epidemic levels of corruption.”

IC Jindal, president of Mahagun Puram AOA, said that UPPCL is a commercial organisation and the residents are consumers. Since residents are paying for the service, they deserve the facilities. Increasing the power factor, curbing power theft, taking care of wires and other infrastructure is the power department’s responsibility, and not the consumer’s.

After today's meeting, SB Yadav gave specific instructions for immediate action on the issue. As a result, the power cut in the above mentioned societies was restored within two hours.