1168 The shortage of field staff and poor infrastructure has affected power supply in Palampur and its adjoining areas.
Ravinder Sood
Palampur, February 7
The shortage of field staff and poor infrastructure has affected power supply in Palampur and its adjoining areas. Rural areas are the worst affected as there is no one to address public complaints after 5 pm.
In the past 10 years, Palampur has witnessed vast urbanisation as over 10,000 new houses have come up but the power supply infrastructure has remained the same as it was 10 years ago.
At present Palampur has no independent power substation and the town and the adjoining areas are dependent on the decade-old Maranda substation, which is already overburdened leading to frequent power cuts.