Chandigarh, June 22
Residents of Kendriya Sarkarth Karamchari Awasiya Sudhar Kalyan Sabha Colony in Sector 7 have requested the municipal corporation authorities to make provision for mobile toilets in their colony as overhead water tanks have been without water for the past two days.
President of the colony NK Jhingan has written a letter to the MC Commissioner, VP Singh, in this regard.
Residents complained that they had requested the authorities a number of times to make an alternative arrangement, but nothing had been done.
They had asked the officials to send water tankers to the area twice a day.
Residents lamented that the situation was no better a fortnight ago.
Those residing on the ground floors did not get water today.
Rakesh Sharma, a resident of the colony, complained that he was reaching office late everyday due to the problem and had to face humiliation at the hands of his bosses.
Another resident said other colonies were far better as compared to their area as the residents there were getting regular water supply. In the absence of tap nozzles, water kept flowing from taps.
The residents have decided to stage a protest rally on Saturday against the municipal corporation officials.
Slight dip in temp likely, but humidity to make it worse
Chandigarh, June 22
Residents continued to face heat wave and sultry conditions in the tricity today. The weather office has predicted that there would be no relief from scorching heat for the next two days.
The met department has further predicted that there would be a slight dip of 1 to 2 degrees in the maximum temperatures over the next two days, but the humidity would only make it worse for residents. A brief spell of rain is expected in three to four days, which will bring temporary relief from the heat wave conditions.
The maximum temperature today was recorded at 41.3 degrees, four degrees above normal, and the minimum was 30.8 degrees, six notches above normal. The maximum humidity was 62 per cent and the minimum 29 per cent.
The weather office has predicted mainly clear sky becoming partly cloudy with a possibility of thundery development as the day progresses.
Met Director Surinder Pal said temperatures were likely to fall during the next two days and there was a possibility of a brief spell of rain on or after June 26. He said pre-monsoon had reached east-west Uttar Pradesh and the situation would be clear only after three-four days.
Days would be mainly sunny in Haryana and Punjab and isolated rain/thundershowers were likely in these states over the next three days.
The arms of 28-year-old Rekha, a working woman and mother of an eight-month-old baby, are sore from continuously fanning her child during long unscheduled power cuts in her sector over the last two days. She has been unable to sleep at night and it is affecting her work at office.
Rekha, a resident of Sector 45, said there was a six-hour power cut in their area on Wednesday night and then again the next night with a seven-hour cut from 10 pm.
"I became irritable during a power cut last night and had a fight with my husband and my son was continuously crying. Due to the cut, I was finding it difficult to console my child," she said.
There are a number of families who are facing the problem of unscheduled power cuts. The frequent cuts, especially in southern sectors, have become a nightmare for residents. With no particular cut timings, families with small children and the elderly are facing a harrowing time.
Eightyfive-year-old Diwan Singh, who is suffering from a prostrate ailment, is finding it difficult to sleep during power cuts. His son Rajender, who works in a fertiliser company, helps his father sleep at night. He said his father, who was also asthmatic, was unable to sleep due to the long cuts. "The UT Administration is only concerned about providing round-the-clock power to VIPs and not concerned about the common man residing in southern sectors," he complained.
Eightytwo-year-old Rameshwar Das, a resident of Sector 44, is also facing problems. He said old people like him were finding it very difficult to sleep due to the cuts.
Vineet Sharma of Sector 38 is an executive at a restaurant. His leg got fractured in an accident last week. Doctors advised him bed rest for at least three weeks, but due to the long power cuts, he has not been getting any relief. "What irks me the most is that there is no fixed schedule for the cuts," he said.
 Surplus power: Streetlights on even during the day at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday and (right) at the road separating Sukhna Lake and the club. |
North-South divide
The UT Administration has delayed the upgradation of substations in Sectors 34 and 52, which cater to the southern sectors. There is no such delay when it comes to upgrading substations in the northern sectors.
In case of power breakdown at the three substations in the northern VIP sectors, the Administration restores power by drawing it from the 11 substations meant for the southern sectors. But when residents of southern sectors witness long power cuts, the Administration does not resort to such means to restore supply.
More cuts are imposed in the southern areas due to the large number of population and power consumers compared to northern sectors. The power department claims that by employing this “method” they save more electricity, an official stated.
Population
Out of the 10.51 lakh population of the city, around 8 lakh people reside in the southern sectors, where power consumers have increased in the last one year. People have shifted to flats in new housing colonies that have come up in southern sectors. Residents have also installed large numbers of air-conditioners and coolers, which has increased load.
Power demand up
Last year the maximum temperature in June was 39 degrees Celsius, but this year it has gone up to 45 degrees, resulting in more use of ACs and coolers. Power demand has also increased from last year's 324 MW to 350 MW in June this year.
Chandigarh, June 22Residents of Kendriya Sarkarth Karamchari Awasiya Sudhar Kalyan Sabha Colony in Sector 7 have requested the municipal corporation authorities to make provision for mobile toilets in their colony as overhead water tanks have been without water for the past two days.
President of the colony NK Jhingan has written a letter to the MC Commissioner, VP Singh, in this regard.
Residents complained that they had requested the authorities a number of times to make an alternative arrangement, but nothing had been done.
They had asked the officials to send water tankers to the area twice a day.
Residents lamented that the situation was no better a fortnight ago.
Those residing on the ground floors did not get water today.
Rakesh Sharma, a resident of the colony, complained that he was reaching office late everyday due to the problem and had to face humiliation at the hands of his bosses.
Another resident said other colonies were far better as compared to their area as the residents there were getting regular water supply. In the absence of tap nozzles, water kept flowing from taps.
The residents have decided to stage a protest rally on Saturday against the municipal corporation officials.
Slight dip in temp likely, but humidity to make it worse
Chandigarh, June 22
Residents continued to face heat wave and sultry conditions in the tricity today. The weather office has predicted that there would be no relief from scorching heat for the next two days.
The met department has further predicted that there would be a slight dip of 1 to 2 degrees in the maximum temperatures over the next two days, but the humidity would only make it worse for residents. A brief spell of rain is expected in three to four days, which will bring temporary relief from the heat wave conditions.
The maximum temperature today was recorded at 41.3 degrees, four degrees above normal, and the minimum was 30.8 degrees, six notches above normal. The maximum humidity was 62 per cent and the minimum 29 per cent.
The weather office has predicted mainly clear sky becoming partly cloudy with a possibility of thundery development as the day progresses.
Met Director Surinder Pal said temperatures were likely to fall during the next two days and there was a possibility of a brief spell of rain on or after June 26. He said pre-monsoon had reached east-west Uttar Pradesh and the situation would be clear only after three-four days.
Days would be mainly sunny in Haryana and Punjab and isolated rain/thundershowers were likely in these states over the next three days.
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