Hospital faces power cuts

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Jan 21: Though the Malda district hospital is a bulk consumer of electricity and entitled to get an uninterrupted power supply, yet due to technical problems the emergency unit is facing massive power cuts which have disrupted services. The circle manager of the Malda electricity department, Mr A Maity said that the district hospital is entitled to get an uninterrupted power supply, but as there is a problem of mixed feeder system, the department is not in a position to provide power to the Malda district hospital. It may be noted that the electricity department has decided to give relief to the bulk consumers by supplying uninterrupted power and keeping them in the load shedding free zone. According to the circle manager, the Malda rail station and its adjoining areas, a part of the Malda industrial zone and water pumping stations under the public health engineering department have been segregated and identified as load shedding free zones. “We are working hard to set up a new networking of feeder system so that the bulk consumers can get power from the substations directly. In English Bazaar town, there was a problem of the fixed feeder system. But we are trying hard to provide uninterrupted power to the Mada district hospital," Mr Maity said. “The Malda district hospital is facing power crisis due to load shedding, but the power department is trying to set up a new network for an uninterrupted power supply," the district magistrate, Mr CR Das said. The circle manager said that the Malda rail stations and other bulk consumers get power from separate feeders from the substations directly. Owing to this problem and rampant power cuts, the English Bazaar municipality is facing problems to run pump houses for drinking water supply. Everyday the residents are facing hardships as far as water collection is concerned. Due to rampant load shedding, electronic traffic control system has been affected on the national highways.