Baglung, February 11:

Locals protesting irregular power cuts padlocked Nepal Electricity Authority’s office in Baglung

today. Baglung is currently facing up to 20 hours of daily load-shedding.

Irate locals padlocked the office at 1pm after taking the staffers out of the office. They also padlocked the sub-station located in Baglung Municipality-1.

Similarly, a protest rally was organised by local entrepreneurs in the district headquarters today. They padlocked the FNCCI office, accusing it of not playing any active role in reducing load-shedding hours, which has been badly affecting the local entrepreneurs.

The locals said they would continue the lockout at NEA until load-shedding hours were reduced.

Meanwhile, the District branch of NEA informed that the disturbance in the electricity transmission was due to a malfunction in a transmitter located in Baglung-11. According to the office, it would take one-and-a-half month to fix the problem. Due to the load-shedding, FM radios operating here have reduced their broadcasting time by three hours. It has also affected the students preparing for SLC examinations.

The locals also alleged Nepal Telecom of not providing quality service in the district.