Power cuts hamper festive cheer

Panchkula: Unscheduled power cuts lasting three to seven hours are dampening festive cheer, alleged residents. They also wrote a letter to Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN), asking officials to ensure proper supply during the festive season. President, Citizen Welfare Association S K Nayar said Punjab and Delhi are affected by power-cuts due to improper working of thermal plants in the wake of coal shortage but in Haryana, where the situation was not so bad, residents still faced power cuts. Nayar said UHBVN was imposing power cuts for about three to eight hours a day and officials would attribute it to maintenance work whenever contacted.