Jiribam CSOs set May 27 deadline for transformer installation
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JIRIBAM, May 25: While charging negligence of the concerned authorities, various civil society organizations in Jiribam have threatened to launch different forms of agitations including locking of the electricity office at Jiribam from May 28 if a transformer is not provided by May 27 for Jiribam.
This was informed to the media by representatives of various civil society organizations and student bodies in Jiribam including AJUCA, JDO, AJMP, JIMPAL, WAKAK, AMSU and MSF at a press meet held today afternoon at All Jiribam Meira Paibee office. “There has been no power supply in Jiribam since May 13 due to the malfunctioning of a transformer. If a new transformer is not provided by May 27, we are going to launch various forms of agitations including locking up the electricity office at Jiribam from May 28,” said the representatives.
It may be mentioned here that a public meeting was convened on May 14 at the All Jiribam Meira Paibee office where it was unanimously resolved to lock down the electricity office if it fails to provide power supply by May 20 and also to block the highway to protest to the state government, the representatives informed. Executive Engineer of Jiribam electricity department office, Dorendra Sharma was also present at the said public meeting, the representatives said while adding that the engineer had promised at the meeting to fix the transformer as soon as possible.
Now the actual demand of the civil society organizations is to call for a new transformer to Jiribam and not to use the old ones by repairing it, the representatives said.
“A 5 MVA transformer which was repaired and put to work again by spending around 30 lakh in December, 2012 is not working now and it is such a waste of money,” a representative said while demanding for a new transformer.
This was informed to the media by representatives of various civil society organizations and student bodies in Jiribam including AJUCA, JDO, AJMP, JIMPAL, WAKAK, AMSU and MSF at a press meet held today afternoon at All Jiribam Meira Paibee office. “There has been no power supply in Jiribam since May 13 due to the malfunctioning of a transformer. If a new transformer is not provided by May 27, we are going to launch various forms of agitations including locking up the electricity office at Jiribam from May 28,” said the representatives.
It may be mentioned here that a public meeting was convened on May 14 at the All Jiribam Meira Paibee office where it was unanimously resolved to lock down the electricity office if it fails to provide power supply by May 20 and also to block the highway to protest to the state government, the representatives informed. Executive Engineer of Jiribam electricity department office, Dorendra Sharma was also present at the said public meeting, the representatives said while adding that the engineer had promised at the meeting to fix the transformer as soon as possible.
Now the actual demand of the civil society organizations is to call for a new transformer to Jiribam and not to use the old ones by repairing it, the representatives said.
“A 5 MVA transformer which was repaired and put to work again by spending around 30 lakh in December, 2012 is not working now and it is such a waste of money,” a representative said while demanding for a new transformer.
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