Power company files FIR against MCG for cable damage

Gurgaon | Tuesday | 22nd May, 2018

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MCG damaged only two of them, so we were able to restore the system quickly. Had one more cable been damaged, we’d have suffered a major breakdown, directly affecting 50,000 subscribers,” a HVPNL official said.Officials said the cables were damaged one after another. GURUGRAM: Power transmission company Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPNL) has filed a police complaint against MCG for allegedly damaging its cables while the corporation was undertaking digging work to lay water pipelines. “We filed a police complaint on May 18 itself, on the basis of which an FIR was registered the same day against MCG at Sector 4 police station. According to HPVNL , the damage took place on May 18, affecting supply from its 66kV sub-station in Sector 4.An HVPNL official told TOI they incurred losses to the tune of Rs 20 lakh owing to the digging..