Mayank Shrivastava, a resident of Royal Oak Society in Wakad, has had to invest in an inverter after facing several consecutive days, and nights, of no power in his area. “We have been facing problems since the Covid-19 lockdown when there would be no electricity for 24 hours or more many times. Even after the lockdown, we are not getting proper electricity supply and there are nonstop fluctuations. So much so, we have started relying upon the inverter to run things,” Shrivastava said.
Similarly, Bhaskar Gaikwad, a resident of Shivam Majestic, Choudhary Park, Wakad, is beginning to lose patience after having repeatedly raised the issue with the MSEDCL with no success. “We, the residents of Wakad, are facing frequent power failures. MSEDCL officials are not giving us any concrete reason for the same nor are they helping us in any way. There are power failures at least five to six times during the day. We have many senior citizens and children in the society and they suffer a lot when they have to go without electricity and the internet,” Gaikwad said.
