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MARGAO: Shadow Council for Margao on Wednesday alleged that the power supply failure for over two hours once again brought to fore the neglect of power backup system of the server room of the Margao Municipal Council.
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The power supply failure caused immense hardships to the public who had come to pay taxes and obtain birth/death certificates at the Margao Municipal Council.
Several people were seen standing in queues at the birth/death certificate window and the tax window hoping that power would be restored. However, they had to return disappointed as the counters closed thereafter for lunch break. Power supply was restored only after the lunch break.
Speaking to the media persons, Shadow Council for Margao Convenor Savio Coutinho said, “These hardships to the general public have now become a routine since the Council hasn’t yet considered this issue as a matter of concern.”
“During the tenure of the previous Council also, we had highlighted the issue of inverter batteries of the server room not being maintained, and as such, during power supply failure, the entire system goes off,” he recalled.
Savio said if the Council cannot afford a generator, they should at least provide for a dedicated backup system for the server room and other network systems in the Municipal building.
“Citizens are of the opinion that during such power supply failure, and in the absence of power supply backup system, work in all the sections is paralysed. The cash counters, entry counter, feeding of birth/death records, house tax records etc. all comes to a standstill,” he added.
“SCM strongly demands that the Council immediately set up a generator for the Municipal building so as to provide uninterrupted services to the general public and taxpayers of Margao,” Savio said.
