Two-and-a-half months ago, we had written a story that you were not able to file an FIR at HSR police station whenever there is no electricity. Well, now you can, because the UPS has been fixed, but it cannot last for more than three hours.
Can Bescom give them special treatment? No, say Bescom officials because the station is on 27th Main Road, the hub of all commercial activity where new and old connections keep getting installed and uninstalled. Bescom has to switch off the power supply to rectify, erect or install new connections.
Only a long-lasting UPS connection is the way out. However, that requires a budgetary sanction from the police department. “For now, our UPS that was under repair has been fixed and it can last for about three hours,” said one official.
We urge the police department to install a UPS that atleast gives eight-hour supply as this is an emergency service and needs to be given that kind of importance. This is particularly crucial as everything is being done online. With no electricity, there is no access to internet and that means, no police complaints (FIR) can be filed online and no other case verification can be done when there are long power cuts, particularly during the summer or when Bescom is taking up major repair and installation works. In such cases, the copsmanually take down the complaint and later type it out online when the power is back on. That’s why some FIRs are registered late.
