Although Uttarakhand witnessed sunny day after three day long inclement weather on Monday, the State power department struggled hard for resumption of electricity in the affected areas.
Department officials claimed that strict instructions were already issued to the staff for taking effective measures for rectifying the technical snags and further blamed rough weather and poor road connectivity in the higher parts of the hill State for rectifying errors at earliest.
The power supply was reported to be disrupted at Chakrata block of Dehradun district as fault developed on 11 KV line after heavy snowfall in the region. Even after facing the adverse weather condition, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) managed to resume the supply of power in the affected areas. Similarly, the fault was also reported at Nagthat line which was rectified in the region. All those residents who are living at Company Garden, Kandhighat, Marepump in Mussoorie also faced the brunt of power cut after high tension lines was reported to be damaged in the inclement weather.
Among the worst affected region in terms of power cut is Uttarkashi district as three dozen villages including Bhattwadi, Upla, Taknaur etc are without electricity in the Ganga and Yamuna valley of the district.
Besides, the bad condition of the roads in the district especially near Dunda, Chaurangikhal, Dharasu etc is also hampering the department efforts for ensuring the disruption free electricity to the consumers.
It is also noteworthy that the power was reported to be disrupted for nearly three to four hours due to renovation and upgradation work on 33/11 KV sub station at Mohammedpur and Premnagar on Monday. Although, the department officials claimed that no part of the State was under the power cut but several areas even in the capital city also witnessed short power cuts as the testing of lines continued till late in the evening.
While talking to The Pioneer, Madhusudan, an official spokesman, UPCl told that UPCl Managing Director SS Yadav has already passed stern instructions to lineman for rectifying the errors at earliest in order to avoid inconvenience to the consumers.
He said that inclement weather and poor connectivity of roads in the higher parts of the state has been hampering department efforts for rectifying the errors and assured that damaged lines would be rectified at earliest.
After expressing his concern that linemen have been traversing several kilometers to rectifying errors, he assured that the power supply would be resumed at earliest in the
affected areas of the State.