A powerless, sleepless Sunday night

CHANDIGARH: Frequent power cuts are putting people to a lot of inconvenience. And whenever the weather turns bad, things only get worse as it happened on Sunday night. Many sectors faced power cuts due to the rain and thunderstorm and some sectors saw cuts running into several hours.
The power cuts were seen mainly in sectors 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 24, 25, 38 west, 39, Khuda Lahora and Dhanas.Many places like Burail, Manimajara, Mauli complex, sectors 20, 34, 35,41D, 44 and 46 faced several power cuts in the time period between 2am on Sunday till 5.30pm the next day.
There was a short circuit in Maloya, Manimajara and many other places which resulted in power breakdown for several hours on Sunday night.
Surinder Singh Bisht, a resident of Dhanas said he was unable to sleep the whole night due to the power cuts in his area. People had a tough time as the electricity went many times from 10pm on Sunday night to 8am the next morning.
“Power cuts have become quite frequent in my sector and one never knows when the electricity would blink off,” rued Somya Sharma, a resident of Sector 40.
A S Thakur, a computer dealer in Sector 20, who was vexed over a power cut in his sector that started in the morning said such a situation was putting people in his area to a lot of trouble, as work was getting interrupted.
Areas Power cut time
Manimajara Several cuts from 2am on Sunday night to 5.30pm on Monday
Mauli Complex Several cuts from 2am on Sunday night to 5.30pm on Monday
Sectors 20,34,35,41D,44,46 Several cuts from 2am on Sunday night to 5.30pm on Monday
Khuda Lahora Several cuts from 10pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday
Sectors 8,9,10,11,14,15 Several cuts from 10pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday
Sectors 24,25, 38west, 39 Several cuts from 10pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday
Dhanas Several cuts from 10pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday
Sector 20 9am on Monday to 5.30pm