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(Source: Express photo)Even as city residents are sweating it out due to frequent power breakdowns caused by overloading of transmission infrastructure, Chandigarh electricity department has failed to energise two 66 kilovolt (KV) sub-stations. This has been one of the worst summers.”The electricity department caters to 2.12 lakh consumers, out of which 1.75 lakh are in the domestic category. As per the official records, there is one 220KV sub-station, 13 66KV sub-stations and five 33KV sub-station in the city. Federation of Sector Federation of Sector Welfare Associations Chandigarh (FOSWAC) chairman Baljinder Singh Bittu, said,”Department has been regularly imposing unscheduled power cuts which makes life difficult for residents. Each sub-station has a life span of 25 years and around six 66 KV sub-stations have completed their life span..