Nagpur: For the residents of South Nagpur, electricity has become a luxury. Areas like Akash Nagar, Avdhoot Nagar, Gurukunj Nagar, Vidnyan Nagar, Mahakali Nagar, Amar Nagar, Shakti Nagar, and Shesh Nagar and many more are living in the dark — quite literally. Power cuts are now so frequent and prolonged that locals grimly refer to them as the “New Normal.”
This isn’t just about inconvenience. It’s about survival.
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13 June 2025
On the night of June 15, power vanished around 10 pm and returned only at 9.30 am the next morning — over 11 hours of suffocating heat, stifling humidity, and a relentless mosquito siege. For families with infants, the elderly, or the ailing, it was nothing short of torture. How long before this negligence leads to tragedy?
The question haunting residents is simple but chilling: Is this sabotage or stunning incompetence by MSEDCL’s top brass?
This is no isolated incident. It’s a decade-long saga of suffering. Locals say they’ve been pleading with officials for years, but all they’ve received is silence — or worse, excuses. When power isn’t cut, voltage remains so low that basic appliances are rendered useless. Fans barely rotate, fridges fail, and lives grind to a halt.
Systematic neglect or deliberate chaos?
The possibility that this is more than mere inefficiency cannot be ignored. Some residents are beginning to suspect intentional neglect — a theory not without merit, given MSEDCL’s repeated failure to act, investigate, or communicate. Could corrupt insiders be profiting from chaos? Could this be targeted apathy for certain pockets of the city?
Whether through sheer ineptitude or malicious disregard, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) is failing its most basic duty: to provide power.
Where Is accountability?
The silence from the top is deafening. No senior official has addressed the root of the issue. No technical audit has been released. No plan has been shared with the public. The situation has become intolerable — and dangerous.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Energy portfolio, cannot afford to ignore this any longer. As Nagpur’s representative and the state’s energy head, the buck stops with him. These aren’t distant villages; these are city neighborhoods crumbling under criminal neglect.
The demand is clear:
• Immediate intervention by the CM and Energy Department
• Independent investigation into MSEDCL operations in South Nagpur
• Transparency and accountability for officials responsible
• Permanent resolution to erratic and low-voltage supply
This is not just a civic failure — it’s a human crisis. The people of South Nagpur have had enough suffering in silence. If the government doesn’t act now, the consequences could be deadly. The time for apologies is over. The time for action is now.
