Energy outages proceed in lots of areas of Lucknow
A number of areas in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow are nonetheless going through energy outages. Though there was a drop in temperature not too long ago, the disaster is essentially as a consequence of injury in transformers.
Over the last 15 days, round 320 transformers have gotten broken in Lucknow. (For Illustration)
The localities going through energy pangs embrace Chowk, Katra Bijan Beg, Victoria Avenue, Faizullahganj, Daliganj, Khadra, Triveni Nagar, Indira Nagar Sector 14, Shivaji Nagar and Ismailganj.
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Over the last 15 days, round 320 transformers have gotten broken. Chief engineer, Lucknow Electrical energy Provide Administration (LESA), Ravi Aggarwal introduced the submission of a brand new marketing strategy geared toward enhancing load capability of those transformers.
On Friday night time, a 400 KVA transformer in Katra Bijan Beg space of Previous Lucknow obtained broken. It was changed with a brand new one by Saturday midday. Nonetheless, many areas remained with out energy in a single day. On Saturday morning, irate residents gathered at Victoria sub-centre demanding an answer to the persisting drawback.
In response, a further 250 KVA transformer was put in on two poles to revive electrical energy within the affected areas. Nonetheless, on Sunday, 1000’s of residents in Katra Wafa Baig, Takiya Haji and Nusrat localities continued to endure from energy outages amid sweltering warmth.
Native customers have attributed the persistent electrical energy disaster to electrical energy theft. They allege that some people are illegally tapping into the facility provide to run home-based factories and cost dozens of e-rickshaws utilizing home electrical energy.
This criminal activity, allegedly facilitated by a nexus of contractual employees and electrical energy pilferers, has left peculiar customers going through hardships.
The LESA chief engineer stated superintending engineer RC Pandey has been directed to carry a gathering with the chief engineers of Thakurganj and Chowk to expedite set up of extra 250 KVA transformers on either side and in addition to examine energy pilferage.
