FIFA 2018: Power dept. kicks ball into citizen's court

Dimapur, June 13 (EMN): The department of Power has a special appeal to all the citizens of Nagaland, who at this time are eagerly waiting for the football World Cup: Use power wisely so that your experience won't bounce off the pitch. "In view of the upcoming Soccer World Cup this is an appeal to all electricity consumers to kindly use power judiciously especially during the matches so as to avoid load shedding and power outage due to overloading of transformers and other equipment," the Power department stated in a note on Wednesday. The department listed out a number of measures 'for judicious use of power': Switch off unnecessary lights, fans and ACs in 'unused rooms'; avoid using high power consuming appliances such as induction heaters, rice cookers, washing machines, water pumps etc. during the matches; gather together in one room to watch the matches. Due to the prevailing weather condition in Nagaland, interruptions may occur because of 'line, transformer or equipment faults,' the note explained. 'However, consumers are requested to stay calm and bear with the department as line restoration teams will be there to rectify such faults, if any, on war footing.' Industries: A similar appeal was received here from the department's Dimapur division, 'Industrial category' consumers in Dimapur are informed that general condition of supply would be affecting a number of power-saving measures. The division has stipulated the operating of their machinery has been limited to the time allotted in their load sanction: During summer the limit for operating machinery such as welding, rice mill, saw mill , stone crusher etc., is at 5.30 pm in accordance with allocated load sanction. All the industrial consumers are requested to stop use of machinery after 5: 30 pm. 'In case if any industrial consumer are caught operating after 5.30 pm, their electrical connection is liable to be disconnected and penalty will be imposed on them as per the Electricity Act,' the division cautioned.