Msedcl has been resorting to load shedding and irregular power cuts in Khanda Colony Sector 9. The residents have been suffering despite paying all their bills on time and the situation does not seem to improve.
Msedcl imposed a power cut on 4th January 2022 from 11am to 4 pm, 18th January 2022 from 10 am to 6 pm, 1st February 2022 from 11am to 5 pm, 8th February 2022 from 2 pm to 6 pm, 22nd February 2022 from 2 pm to 5 pm, 8th March 2022 from 11 am to 6 pm, 15th March 2022, power cut was imposed from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm and again a late night power cut on 15th March 2022 from 2 am onwards till 4 am, 12th April 2022 from 10 am to 7.15 pm, 19th April 2022 from 11 am to 4.15 pm, 20th April 2022 from 11 am to 2 pm and again from 10 pm to 11 pm. Due to these power cuts, residents are a harassed lot. These power cuts make a person fell groggy and incapacitate them temporarily. Work from home due to the covid pandemic goes for a toss and residents suffer pay cuts. Online classes conducted by the school and coaching classes go for a toss and the students cannot cope up with their studies. Residents also fall sick due to these power cuts as they can't breathe properly due to lack of ventilation and they end up suffocating and sweating excessively resulting in catching a cold.
MSEDCL only wants an excuse to hide its inefficiencies. MSEDCL & Town planning authorities are very corrupt and sanction new projects in Navi Mumbai without increasing power generation to supply 24x7 power to existing residents as well as prospective residents in upcoming projects. As a result of such power cuts, the following are the problems faced by the residents:-
1. Costly vegetables, fruits, milk, batter and other perishables etc stored in the refrigerator get spoilt leading to tremendous losses.
2. The mobile phones conk off and the Internet connection gets disrupted and communication is cut off leading to severe inconvenience.Work from home is not possible in such a scenario.
3. Digitization goes for a toss as payments cannot be made online or from the mobile.
4. Students are not able to study from lectures on online school lectures and youtube videos due to power cuts.
MSEDCL has been torturing the residents over the last 32 years despite them paying all their bills regularly and that too well before the due date. Load shedding is not the solution and electricity generation is the need of the hour. Residents of Navi Mumbai are those who have shifted from Mumbai as encouraged by the Central and State Government where there were no power cuts because it was insulated by three power companies - Tata, BEST, BSES. However even today after more than a quarter of a century, MSEDCL cannot supply 24x7x365 days power supply. The moot point is that if Navi Mumbai (Vashi to Panvel/Airoli) has to become a Smart City & the future Airport node, it cannot afford to have any power cuts and it should have 24 X 7 power supply round the clock. It is high time the Maharashtra Government understands the need for changing the Power Distributor in Navi Mumbai from MSEDCL to another player like Reliance or TATA Power. TATA Power will supply cheaper power and also insulate Navi Mumbai by supplying 24 X 7 power for Navi Mumbai from Vashi to Panvel/Airoli.
More than 90% of the residents who have shifted to Navi mumbai from Mumbai are ruing their decision now due to the wretched brute and misanthrope MSEDCL.
Now after more than a quarter of a century, the power cuts have not stopped. This Disruption is a Criminal offence and terrorises the residents into submission. The Msedcl officers responsible for these power cuts should be prosecuted. The perpetrators of this crime should be publicly hanged.
We appeal to the Central Government and get this resolved permanently. The power cuts destroy an upcoming Smart City- Navi Mumbai. We appeal to MERC to refrain Msedcl from imposing power cuts. Maharashtra Government should issue a notice to Msedcl for power cuts as they do so for any power outage from Tata Power.
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