Correspondent,
Haflong May 22 - Lackadaisical and indifferent attitude of
Haflong ASEB caused serious concern among the people of Sarkari Bagan in
particular and of Dima Hasao in general.
It is learnt that from last five
days several residential, School and official areas of Sarkari Bagan area are
in dark following damage of LT lines on Friday last. These line were damaged at
Veterinary campus, Sarkari Bagan which only 500 meters from the Haflong
Power House but irony of the fact
that the ASEB authority was not aware of the damage till Tuesday.
Several authorities and the
individuals of Sarkari Bagan area approached the Haflong ASEB authority who
instead of expedite the restoration work argued how would they be able to cover
these vast area with limited staffs and inadequate repair materials,
They said disruption of power
supply was not only in Sarkari Bagan area there has been damages in several
areas following strong storm on last Friday.
They however assured to restore
the power supply within three days.
At Jatinga the condition of
people is more pathetic since a complete block having 30 houses is in dark for
last one month. People of Jatinga who are always regular in paying the electric
bills in time and there has been no illegal connection in the entire village
but the people of Jatinga are ignored in many occasions. External Siangshai a
prominent social worker of Jatinga village while expressing concern over the
indifferent attitude of the ASEB authority argued why the plights of Jatinga
people were always ignored and kept aside while this is the world famous
Jatinga village for which the people of Dima Hasao feel proud. The worst
sufferer is the students’ community of the village as the half yearly
examination is coming shortly. Not to speak of the electricity, water supply is
also not adequate here in the village. For a long period proper water supply
was being provided to the villagers of Jatinga for the reasons best known to
the concerned authority, they alleged. They have been travelling pillar to post
for the remedy but none is found to be cooperative with the people of Jatinga.
It is to be mentioned here that
Jatinga is famous for oranges and the bird phenomena and for this people from
various places including abroad ventures here but in absence of electric and
water supply they find inconvenience to visit the village.
Therefore the people of Jatinga
fervently appealed to ASEB and Public Health Engineering department to take
immediate action in regards to the electric and water supply.
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