Grievance redressal day: MSEDCL receives 58 complaints,resolves 28

Chief Engineer of Pune Zone Prabhakar Shinde said the aim of observing the day is to address as many complaints right away. Of the 58 complaints,28 were resolved,he added. The complaints were addressed by the executive engineer of the divisions. Executive engineer of Rasta Peth division Atmaram Khandekar said they received five complaints,most of which were resolved immediately.

Nishikant Raut,public relations officer of MSEDCL,said that a majority of complaints are addressed at the citizen facilitation centre but this was an additional measure taken up to expedite grievance redressal.

Lack of material hampers pre-monsoon repair work in Pune Zone

Lack of material has hampered pre-monsoon maintenance work taken up the power utility in Pune Zone. Pune Zone contributes almost 16 per cent to total revenue of MSEDCL and is among the best zones as far a transmission and distribution losses are concerned. As per the RTI reply received by president of Sajag Grahak Manch Vivek Velankar from the utility,of the 96 items,including cables and insulator,required by Ganeshkhind,Rasta Peth and Pune rural divisions for maintenance work ,the utility has only provided 17. Velankar said that this has forced consumers to purchase their own material. He alleged that several such instances have been reported earlier.