Team Herald
MARGAO: Following the protest at the Electricity Department office in Margao by Sirlim- Dramapur locals, department officials inspected the village on Thursday.
It may be recalled that Dramapur-Sirlim residents, on Tuesday, cornered Executive Engineer Santosh Lolienkar over the lack of power supply to their village for the last few days.
As per the assurance given by Lolienkar, a team of electricity department officials, along with locals and panch Bernard Rebello, visited the village and assessed the situation.
Directions were given to the JE to evenly distribute the lines being used from the existing transformer.
The team also visited the site where a new transformer is expected to be installed. The work has been delayed due to objections.
to the set-back area of the road where the transformer is to be placed.
The panchayat will reportedly pass a resolution at the coming panchayat meeting to resolve the set-back issue, and the EE has assured to immediately install the transformer once the dispute was resolved to provide relief to the residents of Zamcoto in Dramapur-Sirlim.
