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MAPUSA.
Irate Anjuna residents confronted the Executive Engineer of the electricity department, Anjuna complaining of frequent power cuts for the last two months in the Anjuna-Vagator area. Residents also threatened to agitate in the office premises if the authorities fail to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
A delegation of 50 residents led by Colin Pereira, Agnelo D’souza and Duarte Lobo confronted Executive Engineer Shailesh Naik Burye and Assistant Engineer Chandrakant Aroskar in the office. The residents complained about the frequent power cuts in the village for the last two months and submitted a resolution to restore power supply to normal.
Colin Periera said power is frequently disconnected from the month of March during daytime, evening, night and midnight.
“Senior citizens, sick persons, children “ everyone is suffering due to soaring temperatures,” he added.
“When we call Electricity Department’s call center, they only tell us there is a fault in the feeder and repair works are in progress. If power supply is not restored to normal, we will agitate in the office premises,” threatened Pereira.
Calming the irate residents, executive engineer Burye said the power supply to commercial establishments will be disconnected from 7 pm to 11 pm to solve the power woes in residential areas.
“We will also talk to senior officials to install a new feeder and new electricity transformer at Mapusa sub-station. A new sub-station will be also raised at Badem and then the power supply problem will be completely resolved,” informed Burye.
