Irked over the frequent power failures in Sankhali, the residents of the town have now threatened to take out a morcha if the electricity department fails to improve the situation.
Digambar Naik of Sankhali Block Congress, said, “There is a serious electricity problem in the town. Electricity bills are sent after four months and it becomes difficult for the general public to pay such huge bills”.
Coming down heavily on the government for failure to look into the power problems, former MLA Pratap Gawas said, “There are power failures for about 20 to 30 times in a day and the situation has been continuing since the last several days.”
He said, “Sankhali, which has three sub-stations at Sankhali, Pali and Navelim experiences power failures in all the sub-stations. At many places, there are old wires and poles, which need to be replaced. But the department is not bothered to replace the same. There is uninterrupted power supply to industries but households have to suffer due to the power failures.”
“Due to power fluctuations, many electric home appliances and gadgets have been damaged,” he informed.
“If the situation does not improve, then we will have no other option but to take out a morcha against the electricity department after the Ganesh Festival,” he warned.
“Students cannot study during the night as there is no electricity and as such they cannot concentrate on their studies and the residents too are forced to spend sleepless nights,” Gauri Malik, a resident of Sankhali said.
When Herald tried to contact the Sankhali MLA Pramod Sawant, he was not available for his comments.
