Frequent power cuts, ‘busy’ helplines leave Chandigarh residents in lurch

Chandigarh, which is often praised as one of the top-most Smart Cities in the country, has been struggling to provide its residents with the basic amenity of uninterrupted supply of electricity. Many sectors of the City Beautiful have been reeling under long power cuts for the last two days- with the southern sectors suffering the most. The situation has been especially harrowing for the students and people working from home, as the power cuts disables the WiFi connections, leaving them in the lurch.

For the past four days, Sector 40 has been facing power cut for 8 to 12 hours every day, while Sector 49 was rendered without any electricity supply from 11 pm on Thursday night till Friday evening.