Demand for gensets in Secunderabad Cantonment spikes

SECUNDERABAD: The demand for electric generators has risen in Secunderabad Cantonment after many apartments lost power supply due to the recent flood inundation.
Owners of tent houses and other private electric operators used to provide electric generators for weddings, functions and for cinema shootings and TV shows on hire basis. Now, these operators came to light after residential and commercial premises were inundated with floodwaters, and are providing generators on an hourly basis.For instance, in normal days, they used to collect Rs 1,000 per hour, they now hiked rental up to Rs 2,000 per hour.
“We have no other option but to hire the generators to drain the floodwater, as electric boards are inundated. We have urged the officials of Secunderabad Cantonment Board to send their men and machinery, but they raised their arms up,” Chandra Reddy, a resident of Maruthi Nagar of Bowenpally told TOI. Some residential welfare associations are spending money by collecting from flat owners and using generators. “We have spent Rs 10,000 for generators as the entire cellar was inundated with flood water after open nala was overflowed,” said a resident of Ganesh Colony.