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Post Noon,

2 October, 2012

Many areas in the City continue to suffer from power cuts, following the CPDCL’s decision to impose 4-hour power cuts as against the earlier three-hour power cut.The decision came after gas and coal supplies hit an all time low even as private DISCOMs have decided to hike power tariff rates.

The load relief schedule was made public yesterday but power cuts remain frequent and random. Jubilee Hills for example reeled from a blackout for over 12 hours even as officials struggled to find out the cause of the power cut. Officials from the Jubilee Hills substation said, “We are trying to find out the cause and rectify it.”

Despite being a residential area of VIPs, the power services are yet to be reinstated. Residents and local vendors say that this is a frequent problem and that despite the many timetables made public by the CPDCL, the load schedules remain random.

“Officials say that there will be four hour power cuts but then this is not something new. Even when the three hour power cuts were imposed, we still suffered from four hour power cuts. The helpline at the substation is of no use as there is no reply, most of the times,” says Ashok Reddy, a resident of Road number 65. Officials believe that this maybe because of redirecting the power supply lines from Jubilee Hills to the CoP-11 venue.