Residents of Dehradun faced inconvenience on Friday as several areas of the capital city witnessed power cuts due to inclement weather. Apart from preventive maintenance work, testing of lines continued late till the evening causing power outages in various localities. The testing of transformers and feeders continued after capital city witnessed rains on Friday.
Several colonies of the capital city went without power for hours due to the maintenance works which carried till late in the evening in the different corners of the capital city. After blaming rough weather for the frequent power cut, the officials claimed that the supply of power was resorted to most of the areas except few localities where testing of lines continued till Saturday evening. Residents in the couple of colonies also faced that problem of low voltage and missing phase but the technical staff rectified the error in order to ensure the disruption free electricity to the consumers.
Department officials told that mobile team of the department strived to overcome the technical snags across the city. Besides, maintenance works were also carried out at 11 KV Panditwari, Indira Nagar and Vasant Vihar feeder resulting there was no supply of electricity for nearly three to four hours on Friday. Additionally, department will also face the brunt of power outage on Saturday and Sunday due to the maintenance works lined up at 11 KV secretariat, sub-station and Rajpur road feeders from 10 am to 5 pm. One of the department sources who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that instructions were issued to officials to rectify technical snags at earliest for ensuring round the clock power supply to the residents. He told that the breakdown in the circuit is among the main reason for erratic power supply as the circuit automatically cuts down during storms or heavy thunder showers.