Farmers occupy power houses
– Photo : Amar Ujala
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There is anger among the farmers in Baldev of Mathura due to undeclared power cuts in the city and rural areas. BKU Apolitical took over the subdivision Baldev and Barauli power houses along with the farmers on Thursday afternoon. The feeders are being operated under their supervision.
Under the leadership of divisional president Rajkumar Tomar, the workers took over the power houses from 2 pm. Seeing the demonstration, the Electricity Corporation sent employees to all the places and started the power supply. Despite this, the farmers took over the subdivision Baldev and Barauli feeders. Mukesh Singh Rawat said that the organization will not lock the power houses, because this will benefit the corporation. Now the farmers themselves will run the feeders. We will try to provide electricity 24 hours. This will benefit the department as well as the farmers. All the feeders kept running till late evening without any roster.
During this time, SDO Sanjay Kumar, CO Mahavan Bhushan Verma held talks with Mandal President Rajkumar Tomar. Assurance was given to solve the electricity problem, but the officials kept occupying both the power houses. Police force has reached the spot. Awadhesh Rawat, Udayveer, Sowaran Singh, Karmveer, Dr. Sandeep Chonkar, Lal Singh Tomar, Yogesh, Sachin, Tilak Pandit, Suraj Pehlwan, Radheshyam, Sonu, Sitaram etc. were present.
Crores spent, still the cables are hanging
The Electricity Corporation is spending crores of rupees to lay cables in the town. These wires are hanging so low that they are inviting accidents. Even the poles installed at various places do not have proper cement and gravel at the bottom. People allege that all the connections have been connected on a single electrical wire in the cable box, due to which there is a problem of low voltage. Despite crores of rupees being spent, the new cables are hanging on the poles. Monkeys keep swinging on them. Baldev Vikas Samiti’s President Gyanendra Pandey, Raju Verma, Umesh Pandey, Kanhaiya Pandey, Brajesh Pandey, Laxman Pandey etc. have demanded a solution to the problem.
