[Resolved]  TNEB And Tangedco — New Tactics of shutting down power and Harsh reply by Inhuman TNEB

Address: Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

In the month of August I came to know about ‘a new tactics of shutting down the power the whole day for maintenance’ in the name of ‘Power of Higher authority’.

At places like Madipakkam and keelkattalai (south Chennnai), they had power shutdown in name of maintenance on 22nd August. The news about power shutdown was given in newspaper, but It only mentioned the neighbor place ‘Kovilambakkam’ and did’t mention Madipakkam and keelkattalai. On 22nd these places had no power from 9am to 6:30pm.
Usually the maintainace is done between a period of 2 or 3 months for a place (in a year).
On 31st August, the paper mentioned Keelkattalai and madipakkam and the power was again shutdown in name of maintenance from 9am to 6:15pm!

I called up EB in my locality to know why? I started calling them from 9am, there was no response to their phone number[protected] until 12:30pm and then I got the call received.
I asked them why? And they answered harshly as, ‘it’s the order from the higher authorities and we can do nothing’.

Now on 4th of September, the same locality experienced broken power shutdown from 9:30am. I called them to know why and they said, ‘we are experiencing transformer failure’.

In the month of September (Just the Next month), my area Experienced Transformer Failure for atleast 3 times especially at night times form 10pm to 1:30am. and in Just 4 days ago too there was a Transformer Failure between 10am to 12:30pm and 11pm to 1am.. Why??

My Area is also prone to electricity Heavy FLUCTUATIONS.. I also recently lost my Refrigerator due to Fluctuation.. It costed Rs.23000 and now is beyond repair.. With TNEB get me a new Refrigerator??

SO, from this what I understood is, Power maintenance with TNEB means “ THEY JUST SWITCH OFF THE POWER BUTTON AT THE ORDERED PLACE and THEY SIT BACK AND ENJOY”.

This Issue was even posted in The HINDU Newspaper. Please Read from - http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article3924964.ece

Now as an Indian i would like to ask TNEB and TANGEDCO these questions -
1. If there is Maintenance done in decide these days, then there is Transformer failure just days after Maintenance?
2. Why the phone line are not received or Dead during Transformer Failures?
3. If the Transformers are Defective and get failure often, why not replace them with new and Advanced?? You had increased the TNEB Fee structure.. then y not provide the same good Service?

This means that the current Tamil Nadu Government/Indian Government can only prove to perform easy operation like Roads and bridges..
If Bridges can be constructed with Foreign contract, Why not new TNEB equipment form Foreign??


From a Frustrated Indian Citizen,
(Unwilling to give name)