Power cut in India is one of the most common problems faced by almost every country’s people, whether it is Kashmir to Kanyakumari or Assam to Gujrat. Every state has the same problem. It gets worse during the summer. Uttar Pradesh is one of the worst-affected states. It generates 2,600-megawatt-hours and imports a further 3,700 but still has a shortage of about 1,800 during peak hours.
Reasons for a power cut:
There are many reasons which are responsible for the power cut. Some of them are as follows:
- Voltage problem
- Unplanned power cut
- Major fault
- Excess demand for electricity over the supply
How can you complain against Power cut online?
- Call Local Electricity Board
- Electricity Call Center
1] Call the Local Electricity Board
Most of the states have their Electric Supply Board online. You need to find for your State. For example, people of Kolkata, Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) offer you to submit your complaints and suggestions by just clicking your mouse. You need to open the CESC website, and you can register your complaint about the supply of the complaint, power theft, or any other complaints or suggestions by filing a form. However, you can also pay your bill online, i.e., e-billing.
2] Electricity Call Center
The government of India has set up Electricity Call Centers. These call centers will make sure to take related complaints and provide efficient, assured, and timely services to the customers. These call centers work round the clock to receive customer complaints through several channels such as telephone, fax, email, etc. The telephone number 1912 is allotted explicitly to Electricity Call Centers for handling power supply related complaints.
- The status of the complaint is periodically tracked and updated.
- The customer can know the status of the complaints registered by contacting the call center personnel.
- In case the complaint is not resolved within a specified time limit, the complaint is escalated to the notice of higher authorities for expediting the resolution process.
Electricity Call Centers are now available in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. In the states such as Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, etc. the call centers are at the various stages of implementation.
3] Active on Twitter? Try PowerCuts.in
Powercuts.in is an independent initiative by some folks on Twitter who have created a complete database of Powercuts happening all around in India. If you are active on Twitter, you can use
- A tweet with #powercutindia or #PowerCutsIN or #PowercutsIndia and include location, planned or unplanned details.
- Tweet again when the power comes back with the same hashtag but add #back along with it.
- You can also use this form which gives you the option of finding your location on Map Also.
What else this service provides :
- A graph that helps you find the frequency can also be used by government officials.
- Maps which helps to pinpoint location accurately.
- Power Cut Alerts
How can we help the Electric board to reduce the power cut?
We can also help the electric board minimize the power cut by simply adapting these points. The power cut problem arises because the electricity demand is more than its production. So now it’s our duty to save electricity and use it without wasting it.
- Switch off the light and fans if you don’t need them.
- Switch off the washing machine when the clothes are dry enough – over-drying makes them feel harsh and wastes electricity.
- Use fluorescent tubes. They use about a quarter of the electricity used by ordinary lights.
- Don’t leave heating or cooling appliances on when rooms are unoccupied.
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sevgili serseri kardeÅŸim hiçmi allah korkusu yok sende.ne biçim konuÅŸuyosun sen.ÅŸimdi beni dinle ve özür dile!birincisi ben aptal diyilim sarınşınsa hiç diÄŸilim.ikincisi erkek delisi falanda diÄŸilim(heralde sen öylesin orasını bilemem)üçüncüsü isimsiz benim kız ar±ÃmaÅŸÄkddördüncüsa¼ söylediÄŸin her hakaret için bir özür borçlusun.eÄŸer taÅŸ kalbinde ufacıkta olsa bir iman varsa sözlerini geri al.çünkü söylediÄŸin ÅŸeyleri ne ben nede burdaki yazı yazanlar haketmiyor!
Highly fed up with electricity cuts in day as well as in night too in such a weather its really tough to take rest after working hard all day when we come to home there in no light.even in night too inverters also surrender infront of such long duration cuts….please take some appropriate action for babina people.its my humble request from Babina Cantt,Jhansi UP
From last 3 day there is no electricity power.plz look into this matter
It is good to see many fools like me crying for their rights to get uninterrupted power supply. I belong to Jagatsinghpur,Odisha throughout the day we are facing frequent electric current issues apart throughout night we are facing grid failure issue,what a bloody system and our great leaders are committing the world to us.shame shame shame
Power cut last 8 hours we have faced more inconvenience due to Ramayana path start from yesterday. So we have do you humbble request for resolved this issue immediately.
what are bescom bepament doing in night power is going the helping number is not working properly this type of work is a shame
Highly fed up with electricity cuts in day as well as in night too in such a weather its really tough to take rest after working hard all day when we come to home there in no light.even in night too inverters also surrender infront of such long duration cuts….please take some appropriate action for professor colony people. its my humble request from shikohabad, Firozabad, UP
Is this a joke or what..from the last 1-2 months the people of Agartala, Tripura are facing so much of electricity issues..Everyday there is a powercut..It was nota problem earlier but what is this problem now that we are facing I want to know..And the call centres don’t pick our calls on a regular basis then for what they are taking the money…if they are not doing their job properly.
What is the government doing regarding this…This is a shame for Govt.Of Tripura that there is regular power cuts everyday which takes place in the Capital City of the State
Frequently power cut in Daspur area of Khurda.Bhubaneswar is capital still facing problem there is more than 10hr power cut after rain .I don’t who called them emergency service.Its not oneday it’s regular like they need some excuse to do power cut.Shame on us actually
Power cut is too frequent while the Sunnis shining too bright and temp up, humidity is unbearable..being chief minister’s constituency – sheragada block also the south odisha electricity co is cutting electricity supply shamelessly…inspite of repeated complaint logged with call center since a week..they simply hear and shamelessly says sorry..but not willing to reach to any solution..
Chief minister comes with beggimg votes and electricity boards mercilessly cuts electricity though they have increased per unit cost ..
Can anyone advise me is there any system where we could reach to a solution?
I am highly fed up from the power cuts in kirat nagar , faridkot (punjab) area both during day and night there are long power cuts and even after complaining on pspcl the well known website my request is not resolved moreover when I see the supply status on pspcl it doesn’t show any power cut in the area but after I did the complaint against it then after 2-3 hours it is showing that the power supply in the area has been cut down just now and will be resolved by the given time i didn’t know what the hell this website is for
Power cut is too frequent while the Sunnis shining too bright and temp up, humidity is unbearable..being chief minister’s constituency – Maharajganj block Village +post Karmaha also the Uttar Pradesh electricity co is cutting electricity supply shamelessly…inspite of repeated complaint logged with call center since a week..they simply hear and shamelessly says sorry..but not willing to reach to any solution..
Chief minister comes with beggimg votes and electricity boards mercilessly cuts electricity though they have increased per unit cost ..
Can anyone advise me is there any system where we could reach to a solution?
Irregular powercut in patna phulwari Sharif we are pissed of … kindly do something out area jee is also not listening anything..he is giving useless attitude