Gurugram: Outages run up to 30 hours after wrecking squall
GURUGRAM: With 32 transformers and 260 electric poles damaged, officials were still working to restore power supply as residents of some sectors were without electricity for over 30 hours and counting – a day after heavy rain and squall lashed the city.
The officials told TOI on Tuesday that apart from electricity poles and transformers, transmission lines of 11KV and 33KV were also damaged in Monday’s 74.4mm rainfall.
The 220KV substations at Badshahpur and Daultabad – which source power for large parts of the city – had also stopped functioning during the thunderstorm at night, but these had been repaired by Tuesday. Most of the damage was because trees were uprooted in the gusty winds, the officials said.
Still, electricity supply was yet to be restored for the residents of Sushant Lok, Kanhai, Bhondsi and sectors 5,9 36, 40, 41, 47 and 70 till Tuesday evening.
Amit Sharma, who lives in the Pyramid Urban Homes society in Sector 70A, said they did not have power for the last 36 hours and were relying on diesel generator sets.
Ankur Chaudhary of Sector 36A said the count was 30 hours for his area. “Our inverters and batteries have drained. How do we live without electricity,” he asked.
Those in sectors 40 and 46 also complained about the outage lasting over 30 hours.
In Sushant Lok, a resident said an electricity pole had uprooted in front of her house in Block A. “A number of complaints have been made, but no action has been taken so far. Students have to appear for the board exams and DHBVN is being careless about power supply,” said Nikita Yadav.
Others voiced similar complaints. In Sector 5, the outage was running into its 12th hour and in Bhondsi, it was 30 hours. In Kanhai village of the city, residents alleged that they couldn’t even connect to the DHBVN’s helpline number to file complaints.
Officials of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) said most of the major breakdowns had been fixed and they were working on separate technical faults.
“Power has been restored in large parts of the city, and work is on in other pockets. The replacement of a large number of transformers damaged during the rain has emerged as a challenge. We have made alternative supplies from a nearby feeder,” a DHBVN official said.
Residents, however, questioned why it was that basic infrastructure couldn’t be ensured in a city that houses several multinationals.
“Instead of augmenting infrastructure, additional development charges are being collected from the residents of some sectors who need new connections,” said Abhay Poonia, senior vice-president of the Gurgaon Citizen Council.
Poonia was referring to the Rs 3-7 lakh that residents of 16 private developer colonies have had to pay as DHBVN tries to recover the development charges that builders owe to it over the past three months. Usually, it costs around Rs 10,000 to get a new connection in Gurgaon.
Officials had said this was an interim measure and that these additional costs would be refunded or adjusted once the dues were recovered.
On Tuesday, another resident of Sushant Lok said the situation in the city was “surreal”. “Big houses have been built in Gurgaon. But they are in the dark. Inverters have long been exhausted and even generator sets are struggling to cope up,” said Riya.
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