| Vendors flay power cuts, rly authorities say must for development work by eabhi200k on 20 February, 2013 - 03:00 AM | ||
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 eabhi200k | Vendors flay power cuts, rly authorities say must for development work on 20 February, 2013 - 03:00 AM | |
Amritsar : Even as a section of people and passengers were irked at the frequent power cuts at the local railway station since it hampered the routine work, the Railways authorities stated that the same was unavoidable to carry out development work for the convenience of the people.Since the LPG-run stoves and gases are prohibited at the railway station, the food vendors could not supply hot eatables to passengers, as their appliances are either electricity or battery-operated. Passengers complained that they did not get hot tea and snacks at the railway station and needed to go out to get these. The situation has been the same for nearly five days. Under the circumstances, microwave, automatic vending machines (AVMs), fridges and all other units are not running properly for want of electricity.Consequently, the vendors and shopkeepers incurred losses due to low sales, while they are to pay high rent to the Railways authorities.Assistant Electrical Engineer (AEE) of the Railways Ravi Kumar refuted the allegation and said that an electricity panel installed on the stairs of a footover bridge on platform number 1 was to be shifted to another location. He said the stairs had been lying closed for decades and to open these for the public, it was necessary to shift the electricity panel, which had been shifted to a room. He said it was not practically possible to keep the electricity off for long hours, as the railway station was receiving a large number of passengers being a holy tourist place. | ||