Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 16 2009:
THE WORSEN power problem in the state has also affected to the supply of safe drinking water as there have irregularity in the water supply under the state public health engineering department due to the shortest of power supply in water supply schemes.
Only two-hour power supply in a day is experiencing in the greater Imphal areas.
The situation has greatly affected to the individuals and groups running small industries in the area.
Apart from this, due to low voltage power supply the two-hour power supply have also little meaning to the consumers.
State government efforts to buy more power from the power grid corporations at the Union ministry level since last around one year could not be get fruitful result till date.
Even though the power situations worsen, the Heavy Fuel Power Project at Leimakhong which the state government set up by investing huge funds remaining defunct.
On the other hand the water supply in greater Imphal has not regulated.
Even though people lodge complain, authority convinced them that it was due to irregular power supply.
Due to supply of water around an hour in a week time, people are incurring additional money in procuring water.