Many consumers are not getting the government guarantee scheme Griha Jyoti facility. There are many technical problems in the Hescom department and many times the officials have been told to fix them but to no avail. Contractors' works were stopped due to Hescom officials' obstruction, and hundreds of customers were deprived of the benefits of the housing scheme implemented by the government without getting the electricity facility they should get. Contractors and customers protested in front of the Hescom office, tired of the negligence of the officials.
At this time, the President of the Contractors' Association, Jagdish Avati, said that the work of the contractors has been suspended since last May. Managing director of Hescom Department Mohammad Roshana made a serious allegation that the officials here are trying to conceal information without bringing it to his attention. I have been appealing to the authorities for the past 6 months to no avail. Inevitably today we have to protest. The stalled works should be started immediately. The Hescom department has not installed meters and billed the customers for the electricity connection works required for the lighting quick connection, temporary connection, commercial and construction of new buildings to be provided to the customers. This is affecting hundreds of customers. Many consumers are not getting the government guarantee scheme Griha Jyoti facility. He complained that there were many technical problems in the Hescom department and even though he told the officials many times to fix them, it was of no avail.
GJ Awathy, Assistant engineer of Hescom Department, who arrived at the protest site, tried to convince the protesting contractors and customers. It is true that many files are pending from last few months. I have also recently taken over. I will make sincere efforts to solve their problems in the coming week. The protestors temporarily called off the protest for a week when they were asked to desist. On this occasion, Athani Taluk President Jagannath Avati, Vice President Anil Odeira, Bheeman Gowda Patil, Anil Havaldara, krishna Langoti, Srishaila Nagarala and many other contractors and many customers were present.
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