New Delhi, 14 August 2008

Press Release

Developmental work of agencies leading to unscheduled outages

Over the last one week, East Delhi residents of Preet Vihar, Laxmi Nagar and Mayur Vihar have had to face difficulties on account of unscheduled and sometimes long duration power cuts. People are generally under the impression that these unscheduled power cuts are due to BSES related factors. In reality, the truth is completely different. These outages are not on account of any load shedding undertaking by BSES, but by the developmental activities being carried out by certain external agencies.

To keep pace with Delhi’s exponential growth, agencies like Delhi Metro, DDA, PWD etc are engaged in large scale construction/ developmental activities. And at times, these construction activities by these agencies damages BSES’ cables and distribution network, leading to unscheduled outages – causing inconvenience to its customers.

Though BSES regrets the inconvenience caused to its customers, it is pertinent to mention that BSES’ O & M teams are on a high alert and promptly reach the venue to rectify the problem on priority. But sometimes, some people with vested interests are thwarting BSES’ attempts to rectify the problem on priority. In Preet Vihar, a couple of days ago, some people snatched BSES’ fault finding machine and did not lets its O & M team work properly. Though the machine was later returned, it caused an unnecessary and an avoidable delay in rectifying the problem.

“In event of such unscheduled outages, customers should cooperate with BSES and allow its O & M teams to work and rectify the fault on priority” said Mr Arun Kanchan, CEO, BSES.

BSES, Delhi’s premier power distribution company, is committed to ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.

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