Angered By Outages, Congress MLA Cuts Power To 3 Officials' Houses In UP
Congress MLA Virendra Jati alleged that there have been unannounced power cuts for five to eight hours a day in his area, causing great distress to the public and significant business loss.
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Annoyed by power cuts, Congress MLA Virendra Jaatii from Jhabreda in Haridwar district climbed electricity poles and cut the power to the houses of three of the department's officials.
The electricity department filed a complaint against the MLA at the Roorkee Civil Lines Police Station over the power cuts.
Among the three whose power connection was snapped was the chief engineer of the power department.
On Tuesday, Jaatii came to Roorkee with his supporters, a ladder, and some cutting tools.
He first climbed an electric pole outside the official residence of superintending engineer Vivek Rajput at the Boat Club and cut off the electricity connection to his house.
After this, the MLA, with his convoy, reached the official residences of chief engineer Anupam Singh and executive engineer Vinod Pandey, and cut their houses' power connection too.
Jaatii alleged that there have been unannounced power cuts for five to eight hours a day in his area, causing great distress to the public and significant business loss.
He said he had been raising the issue of power cuts with the department for 10 days, no heed was paid.
Jaatii said that the officials were in a bad state after just one hour of a power cut, while the public suffered for hours every day without electricity.
The department's complaint against the lawmaker alleged that Jaatii cut the power lines without a proper shutdown, which could have led to a major accident.
This was not only a violation of rules but also a direct interference in government work, it alleged.
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