Micro unit owners demand 24/7 power supply

Coimbatore: Members of the Tamil Nadu Association of Cottage and Micro Enterprises (Tact) have urged electricity department officials to provide uninterrupted power as frequent power cuts are pushing manufacturing units towards sizeable losses.
In a petition to superintending engineer of Coimbatore circle, Tact representatives said that they face power cuts five to ten times a day. “Each time, power goes off from 10 minutes to one hour. Frequent power cuts result in increased wastage of products, and tools used for manufacturing products often get damaged. At a time when we face financial issues due to lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 infection, we find it difficult to operate units,” the petition said.
President of the association J James said many industrial unit owners are forced to forfeit their wafer-thin profit margin to increased product wastage. “While monthly maintenance activities should be carried out, unannounced power cuts should be brought down,” he added.