BELONIA, Oct 9 (TIWN): Ahead of Durga puja, locals in Belonia Hrishyamukh are reeling under threats as the Electric Dept is not fixing a major issue there.

The incident took place at Ratanpur Bazar under Hrishyamukh, Belonia.

The areas usually suffer from major issues of electricity but now during a road construction work 11000 Vl light post has been bent. Many times, the electric office complained about it but nobody took the issue seriously.

Officials had assured the locals to fix it by a week but now ahead of Durga puja also, the light post was not fixed.

The negligence of the department has put the local businessmen under trouble.