A power cut of nearly three to four hours daily in Urla industrial area has hit industrial units hard forcing many to scale down production, industry sources said on Friday.
located on the outskirt of Raipur city, the Urla industrial area is home to 450 small, medium and big industries. It provides employment to thousands of workers.The local industrialists informed that they are facing nearly three to four hours power cut daily after the rain started lashing the area.Besides, the area is also witnessing number of times unscheduled power cut causing malfunctioning of electronics and other machinery.This has prompted them to cut down production or suspend operations at their units. As a result, the workers were also sitting idle.