Colva: Un scheduled power outages since the last two days across the constituency of the Benaulim and Velim, lasting nearly three to five hours, very uncomfortable locals, affecting business, those who work from home, students attend classes and exam answering councils and they.
The source said that most hotels throughout Cavelossim and Varca Stretch have been operating on generators since Sunday, due to interference.
Officials from the Electricity Department have blamed blackouts on the wrong circuit and wrap the transmission line.
Velim Assistant Engineer Jorge Fernandes said that thunder and lightning on Sunday night resulted in the power circuit developing errors.
Because of this, they must regulate the power to fix the problem.
Meanwhile, N Moraes, an assistant engineer attached to the Benaulim sub-station said that because the wrong circuit there, the switch-over could not be done to restore the power supply to the Carmona station when the supply of the Velim Sub-station was disrupted.
The Velim power plant supplies power to Carmona Station, which in turn replaced the coastal villages of Cavelossim, Carmona, Orlim and some Varca.
The Benaulim sub-station includes Colva, Betalbatim, Benaulim villages and the rest of Varca.
Benaulim, Velim local residents upset on unscheduled power outages
