Day after review, cable fault snaps power supply for 8 hours in Noida condo

Time of India

16-05-2025

Noida: A fault in an underground cable led to outages and
voltage fluctuation
for around eight hours in Sector 53, starting just after midnight on Thursday. The snag comes less than a day after PVVNL MD Isha Duhan held a meeting with FONRWA members as well as representatives of the Noida Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) late Wednesday evening to address power-related issues in the city.
According to residents, delays in identifying the fault that led to the outage prolonged the issue. Voltage fluctuations and frequent tripping further exacerbated the issue. The B block of the sector faced a power-cut around 12.30am on Thursday. Calls were made to the SDO and the lineman of the area and a check of the transformer was conducted not long after, but the problem persisted.
"Around 1.50am, linemen reached the spot and fixed the supply.
However, the relief was brief as a low tension (LT) cable, which goes from the transformer to the corner of B-81, was in bad shape. The linemen said that the cable needed to be replaced immediately as it had deteriorated. Officials assured us this would be done by Thursday," said VS Negi, RWA general secretary of Sector 53.
Residents said that power issues were experienced till around 8am on Thursday, and voltage fluctuations continued on into the afternoon.
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Mere hours before the outage, late on Wednesday evening, representatives of 60 RWAs as well as a delegation of NEA met with the PVVNL MD at the FONRWA office. At the meeting, residents informed power officials that transformers, cable lines, feeder junction/panel boxes, meter box, etc in most sectors were in a dilapidated condition. Issues such as pruning of trees and overloaded transformers causing outages were also discussed.
According to FONRWA secretary general KK Jain, work done by the power department in residential sectors was undertaken without consulting the RWAs who can provide better suggestions for the power upkeep. "There's a need for an SDO level meeting with residents monthly which will help resolve small problems timely," Jain added.
In response, Duhan ordered all SDOs and other officials of the power department to hold such meetings henceforth and inform RWAs about the work being done in the sectors.
She also reviewed work done so far in infra upgrade and under the Central govt's RDSS modernisation scheme.
Meanwhile, the NEA raised an objection to the power department converting M/s Montana Impex Pvt Ltd, B-47, Sector 59, from an industry to a commercial unit and imposing penalties of over Rs 4.6 crore on it. They also said that the power department takes about 1-2 months to issue no-objection certificates (NOCs) for new units and demanded a fixed time period for it.
"A time period should be fixed to grant NOCs and other matters so that entrepreneurs do not have to face delays and unnecessary problems," said Harish Joneja, senior vice president, NEA.
Duhan directed officials to resolve the entrepreneurs' problems and also said that basic facilities are being addressed to provide better power supply to the industries.