Erratic power disrupts life in Tamenglong
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Daniel Kamei
Tamenglong, February 23 2011:
Erratic power supply has paralyzed normal life in Tamenglong district since last Thursday.
The power department has not been able to spot the defect.
Talking to this reporter in the department's control room, duty man Kennedy said that on 17 February power went off due to a disc puncture but was repaired the following day.
Then suddenly the 11/33 KV line went off and the search for the defect is still in progress.
SO and EE in-charge, Namsinlung believes that the defect lay between Rengpang sub station and Jiribam.
This reporter went to the head of the district administration to get a feedback around 11 .
30 am, but no officials were found in the office.
Remote and backward Tamenglong district needs good administrative attention.
In the current situation, one has to pay ' 20 to charge one's mobile battery.
Students who are preparing for their board exams were facing untold inconveniences.
Businessmen who need power supply have closed their shops.
Sports fans too have been denied watching the ongoing national games.