Dimapur, August 16 : The Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCI) has registered its extreme displeasure with the State department of power for its utter incompetence in the service to the people.
MCCI also expressed surprise at the department’s downright ineptness in maintaining decent public relations with the consumers, tax-payers and people in general.
A press note issued by MCCI president Tsukti Longkumer and general secretary Limalenden Longkumer said, ever since the 5MVA power transformer broke down at Mokokchung Power House on July 15 for the second time in less than a year’s time, the people of Mokokchung have been left reeling under acute power crisis.
“The people in general are being subjected to unprecedented inconveniences but the worst affected are the members of the business community. There is no regular power supply in Mokokchung town and adjacent areas for a whole month now and the business community are accruing losses worth crores of rupees already. The whole local economy is being adversely affected,” the press note said.
The MCCI said, the department of power by now should realize that the patience of the people is running thin. Sections of the business community, those particularly affected worst by the power crisis, are on the verge of going bankrupt as theirs are businesses wholly dependent of electricity, it added.
MCCI supported the position of the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang, All Ward Union Mokokchung Town and Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem on the issue.
The MCCI reminded the department of power that even if it may claim to be doing what is best to restore uninterrupted power supply in Mokokchung, its incompetence, ineptitude and inefficiency are now being exposed. The MCCI hoped the department would comply with the 15-day ultimatum served by the All Ward Union Mokokchung Town on August 8. It said, the he department will be held responsible for any untoward situation that may crop up.
