Kohima: Hanyuk village in the Noklak district has sat in the dark for over a month. A broken transformer cut the power, leaving workshops shuttered and students struggling to finish homework by candlelight. This marks the second time this year the hardware has failed. Tired of waiting, the 82 registered electricity consumers decided to pay for a fix themselves. Each resident chipped in Rs 200 to transport a replacement transformer from Dimapur, a journey taking over 24 hours.
The village council alerted local officials about the crisis. Department staff blamed the repeated outages on the village’s rapid growth. They stated the current 25 kVA transformer cannot handle the load, noting that "a transformer of higher capacity is needed to meet the rising demand in the village." While officials promised coordination to solve the issue, residents remain skeptical. They want a permanent infrastructure upgrade instead of constant, temporary repairs to a unit that is clearly too small for the expanding population.
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