With no electricity, students worried with exam just around the corner
DIMAPUR, APRIL 5 (MExN): Citizens of Chare Town under Tuensang district has been living in the dark since March 17 after its transformer broke down and is yet to be replaced or repaired.
A village electricity committee formed under the communitization programme transported the transformer to Dimapur for repair after collecting some amount from every household but there is still no news when it will restored, L Tia Sangtam, a concerned citizen of Chare town informed.
Assurances were given that the power supply will be restored within a week but there is still no electricity in sight, Sangtam said.
In the mist of the electricity blackout, students studying in the four educational institutions in the town are worried because their quarterly exam just around the corner. The students are now confined to reading under the dim candlelight.
However, the problem is not just about concentration to study under the candle light. “Many of the families here even can’t afford to buy candles for their children to study. Just imagine what it will do to the career of the students,” Sangtam pointed out.
Looking for a way to impress upon the concerned department or those in the electricity committee to hasten in restoring electricity, Sangtam took an image of students studying under the candle from his mobile camera and mailed it to the print media.
“I thought the picture on how students are bearing the brunt of the power outage will speak to the authorities to take notice and restore the electricity at the earliest, the concerned citizen voiced out.
Sangtam said there are more than 200 household in Chare town and this is not the first time that they have had to endure such long power blackouts.
