[Resolved]  Punjab State Electricity Board — Erratic Power Supply

Address: Punjab

We live in Village Naura (5 kms from Banga), District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (formerly Nawanshar) PIN 144508.

Seven days a week for about a month now, we have been suffering from excessive power cuts. The cuts started with a schedule from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. then 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. then 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. then 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Except for last Saturday (aug 7, 2010) when we had no power from 6 a.m. till 1 p.m. then it came only to disappear again numerous times that day.

However, it is now so erratic that there is no way to tell when the power will be cut. We pay our bills on time and without making a fuss, but this is now getting to be very inconvenient. Just because we live in a village does not mean we have less right to getting electrical power. We pay our bills, we should get what we pay for as the bills have never shown any adjustments for the power cuts we experience. We have an asthma patient at home who needs her nebulizer several times a day. A nebulizer needs electricity and not everyone can afford to buy a power generator. Even inverters are starting to show strain due to excessive power cuts.