Electricity dept disconnects street lights in Chandigarh villages

THE UT Electricity department has disconnected electricity supply for street lights in several villages of Chandigarh as the civic body was unable to pay bills.

“I have asked the executive engineer concerned to check if the bills were pending before we took over the villages. If not, he has been asked to take necessary action,” said the civic body chief engineer, Shailender.

The villages where electricity for street lights was cut include Dhanas, Sarangpur, Khuda Lahora and Khuda Jassu.

SAD Councillor Hardeep Singh said that development in villages is suffering. “There is absolutely no development. I have been saying this repeatedly that villages should be at par with the urban belt,” he said.