Power along Dwarka e-way yet to be restored, 36 hrs on

For 36 hours at least 10,000 families in 22 Gurugram housing societies have been under a power blackout.

- Debashish Karmakar

GURUGRAM: The outage occurred due to a fire in a grid substation at 8.40am on Sunday, affecting sectors 99, 102, 103, 107, 108 and 109 along the Dwarka Expressway. On Monday night officials said that supply might be restored by early Tuesday morning, and a committee will be formed to conduct a detailed inquiry into the fire.

In the meantime, the affected housing societies have been using backup diesel generator sets.

Residents said that the continuous extended use of diesel generator sets is not only exorbitantly expensive but also highly polluting.

Residents also pointed to the frequent power cuts in the new sectors along the Dwarka Expressway. Officials said that the fire occurred at the high-capacity substation that was especially constructed to cater to the needs of the new sectors, housing societies and townships along the Dwarka Expressway.

"We expect that the supply will be restored by Monday midnight or early Tuesday morning according to the communication from Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPN) officials. However, nothing concrete could be said at present until they give us a confirmation," said Manoj Kumar, executive engineer (City division) Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVN).