The district on Wednesday suffered a 9-hour power cut in a scorching 41.8 degrees Celsius heat recorded at Punjab Agricultural University’s weather observatory.
There was a power cut from 8am to 5pm at Kalian Nagar, Bajwa Nagar, New Bajwa Nagar, Circular Road, Ghati Balmik, Kila Mohalla, R N Oswal, Subhash Nagar, Dhai Marla Colony, Ram Gali, Adarsh Gali, Krishna Gali,
Surinder Nagar ,Veer Nagar, Valabh Colony, New Balmik Colony, Darsi Road, Bandhia Mohalla, Kathira, Nau Ghara, Sarafa Bazar, Sal Bazar, Chawal Bazar, Adda Fala, and Lalu Mal Gali.
Resident living in Civil City says" Just giving out information on Internet and newspapers is not right. There is no reply from the electricity department when we try to call them. Since we are working from home we want electricity department to provide it on a regular basis".
A similar long outage was at Kucha Pandit Bali Ram, Purana Bazar, Vakela Mohalla
Saidha Chownk, Mohalla Fatehgarh, Luv Kush Nagar, Sohan Singh Nagar, Gandhi Nagar Gali Number 1 to 6 and 13 to 16, Basant Nagar, Jain Nagar, Ghmiara Gali, Shiv Puri, Bank Colony, All Chaura Bazar, Chauri Sarak, Iqbal Ganj, Old Madhopuri, Ghati Balmiki, Iqbal Ganj, Khawaja Kothi Chowk, Khud Mohalla, Rupa Mistri Gali, Gulchaman Gali, Shiwala Road, Islamia School Road, Harbanspura, Gaushalla Road, Kashmir Nagar, Caliber Plaza, BSNL, and Arya Mohalla.
These nine hours of suffering were also endured at Arya School Road, Deepak Road, Damoria Pull, Purani Sabji Mandi, Nali Mohala, Kapoor Market, Mata Rani Road, Bhadour House, Court Road, Niggar Mandi, Ghanta Ghar, Shoe Market, GTB Market, Vikas Nagar, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Mandi Kesar Gamj, Rehmat Ulla Road, Nimm Chowk, Iqbal Ganj, Nijam Road, Ghora Gali, Machine Market, Nolakha Road, Rekhi Chowk, Railway Station, JMD,Jagrao Pull, Barring Market, Tyre Market, Machi Matiet, Lakkar Bazar, and Shubram Nagar.
The other affected areas include, Chowni Mohalla, Manna Singh Nagar, Pink Vihar, Sabzi Mandi, Nanak Nagar, Peeru Banda, Salem Tabri, Netaji Nagar, Jalandhar Byepass Chowk, Bhagat Singh Colony, Royal City, Greenland, Bhoura Pind, Silver Kunj, Dana Mandi, Karabara, Nehru Vihar,Vijay Nagar
The PSPCL had announced power cut due to urgent and necessary maintenance work. The officials called it a final sag of monopoles.
Manish Arora in Haibowal says" The frequent disruptions in power supply every day also have an impact on performance. The reasons they are given vary from local issues, such as trimming and pruning of tree branches, technical faults in the feeder and conversion of high-tension and low-tension overhead lines to underground cable. I hope in future we deal with all these problems in a right manner."