JORHAT, June 14: The Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) seems to have found new and innovative names for incessant load shedding. These are “repairs” and “maintenance.” If any part of Jorhat is without power for the major part of the day, pat comes the reply from the control room that repairs are being conducted in that area. And the cycle is repeated for the next week with the word “repairs” being replaced with “maintenance”. And then if there is a short sharp shower, “wires have broken” and the overhead has tripped. So hang on for a few more hours. And so much for the constant repairs and maintenance for the last couple of months.
The ASEB is also very particular about advertising in which area the power will be cut for the day, in one particular newspaper. But if you don’t read that then you just try to guess whether this is a load shedding or “repairs and maintenance” and whether there will be no electricity for about seven to eight hours at a stretch. But it hardly makes any difference as Jorhatians have learnt to accept with stoic resignation anything that is doled out by the ASEB.
Yesterday, power was switched off from 10 am to 5.30 pm. And then the Choladhora, Gayangaon and Gowalgaon areas had to put up with an additional 45 minutes as “a cable had broken”. The incessant load shedding has resulted in water being supplied only for about a couple of hours in the morning and that too at a trickle. The Urban Water Supply pleads helplessness due to the poor power position and the blame is squarely put on the shoulders of the ASEB. THE SENTINEL
The ASEB is also very particular about advertising in which area the power will be cut for the day, in one particular newspaper. But if you don’t read that then you just try to guess whether this is a load shedding or “repairs and maintenance” and whether there will be no electricity for about seven to eight hours at a stretch. But it hardly makes any difference as Jorhatians have learnt to accept with stoic resignation anything that is doled out by the ASEB.
Yesterday, power was switched off from 10 am to 5.30 pm. And then the Choladhora, Gayangaon and Gowalgaon areas had to put up with an additional 45 minutes as “a cable had broken”. The incessant load shedding has resulted in water being supplied only for about a couple of hours in the morning and that too at a trickle. The Urban Water Supply pleads helplessness due to the poor power position and the blame is squarely put on the shoulders of the ASEB. THE SENTINEL
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