Power cuts make life miserable

CHANDIGARH: Frequent power cuts have made life miserable for people in the city. This coupled with the intensity of heat in the city, with the temperature touching 40.1 degrees celsius on Saturday afternoon, has only worsened things for people.
Residents of parts of sectors 16, 41 and 42 faced frequent power cuts on Saturday evening as there was some problem in the feeders.Power in sectors 7 and 8 was also suspended.
Electricity department officials on the other hand claimed that there was no power cut in the city. Kanika Sharma, a resident of Sector 16 said, “We don’t have any idea when the light would go. Despite rotational cuts, unscheduled cuts are quite frequent. What’s more, even the complaint centre does not take phone calls".
Ritika Bardwaj, resident of Sector 42 complained, “I get quite tired working in the office and when I return home, there is no light. This really irks me and I go to a park and sit there for hours.” Anjana Sharma, a resident of Sector 41 said, “There are frequent power cuts in my sector and I don’t have an inverter at home, so we have no option but to sweat it out when the power goes off.”