AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): Tripura’s horrible load shedding problems continue as Power Minister Jishnu Debbarman failed from all fronts. Even doctors are forced to work with candles in Tripura many times as load-shedding problems have hit now hospitals. Footage came from South District hospital which was suffering from massive power cut on yesterday, created lots of suffering in child ward and female wards. Massive load-shedding problems have hit Tripura’s hospital service as well as banking service. Mostly the rural and ADC areas are the highest victims of such problems. TSECL has not declared any particular time period when the problems will be totally ended but said infrastructure will be developed and emergency lines will be increased in hospitals to decrease power cut problems.

Earlier, TIWN had published news in last month how Gachiram Para like areas are suffering from poor electric service, hit the malaria patients of local PHC. Patients are bound to lay on floor as no electricity is in the hospital. But Deputy CM, Power Minister Jishnu Dev Barman has rubbished the power shortage allegation in all means and has made it clear that there is no shortage in power surplus in Tripura.

Recently Power Minister Jishnu Dev Barman has claimed that Tripura has enough power-surplus. He said, Tripura Govt is getting 63 MW from Rukhia, 42 MW from Baramura, 10 MW from Dumboor, 100 MW from Monarchak, 130 MW from central share and from OTPC 725 MW.Tripura needs 300 MW power whereas Nepal and Bangladesh are getting power from Tripura. But amid such claims also, public are complaining about massive power cut problems in the state.

TSECL has launched a new project named in Bengal “Vidyut Nigam Aponar Dorgoray”. Toll free numbers have also given 1912 for registering complaints, but customers have alleged that this number is not always functioning properly.  Govt has also given alternative numbers for other problems, faults in electricity connection 1381-235-3502 and 0381-235-6470.

Govt also has ensured to make Tripura ‘hook-line free state’.