Kochi: The quality of power supplied by the KSEB in Kerala is very poor in some parts of the state with the city of letters Kottayam one among them.
Frequent power outages in the have hit industrial activities in the Rubber city while
the common consumers too have no respite from frequent outages.
Puthuppally section is one of the hopeless areas where power goes off countless times.
While the call centre promptly registers complaints lodged by the irate public, there is no attempt from top brass of the service provider to take audit of the situation.
There are allegations that unqualified staff who were promoted to the Executive Engineer position had no knowledge of the modern equipment. The Communist government had introduced a provision to promote those who had not passed 10th standard to higher positions normally occupied by those having B.tech or B.E. has led to the downfall of the service provider.
There are allegations that the section office in charge engages contract staff for maintenance work mainly trimming of trees which is a wasteful expenditure benefitting the KSEB officials engaging the contractors who get money only if they work. The contractors create work which leads to frequent outages for 10 hours and more.
Officials like executive engineers hardly attend phone calls made by the irate public impacted by power outages.
The reason often given by the section office for power disruptions is fault in the 11 KV line.
There are occasions when power is interrupted for 30 to 40 times a day.
KSEB’s sub standard power in Puthuppally
