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Frequent power disruption affects Baghmara citizens

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TURA: Citizens of South Garo Hills district, particularly Baghmara town, are having to face the brunt of frequent power cuts for the past many weeks and months prompting many to question the performance of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited.

Citizens of Baghmara complain that although the daily load shedding time of three hours, from 12 noon to 3 PM, takes place, yet, they are having to face additional power cuts at any given time of the day.

“Apart from the load shedding hours, electricity is cut as many as five to six times in a day. This is happening not just in Baghmara town but also across the length and breadth of South Garo Hills,” complain general secretary of the Association for Democracy Empowerment (ADE) Tigana N Sangma.

The ADE organization has accused the MeECL of failing to do enough to ensure smooth flow of electricity to the region which has caused disruptions to normal life.

It says that all work related to power, be it computers and Photostat machines, to running of rice mills and water pumps are being impacted every day due to the frequent and sudden power cuts caused by poor maintenance.

 
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