The residents of the Bijepur Block who were reeling under low voltage problem for a long time would get the problem sorted out soon.
According to sources, former Bijepur MlA and member of electricity committee Ashok Panigrahi along with several others had gone to meet Energy Minister Arun Sahu and Departmental Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena on March 10 last year on the issue. They had given a memorandum regarding the problem to the Minister. Sahu had instructed to the departmental head to sort out the problem. On this, the WESCO officials had issued tender and started work for 33KV of wire connection from 132 KV Greed sub-station of Barpali. Now, the residents would get uninterrupted power and there would not be any low voltage problem. The residents of Bijepur and Panigrahi have expressed their thanks to the Energy Minister and the Departmental Secretary.