With the advent of heat in Delhi, April first week was like
a movie trailer of the upcoming summer months, i.e. June and July. Those first
few days of April tortured all the Delhi people, especially like me who isn’t
adapted to heat and moreover the AC in my hostel room was out of service. Heat
made us all restless and completely peace less even during our sleep. The only
electronic fan in the room was in service for 24 hours a day, yet me and my
roommate suffered.
It was since March first week that I was circulating around
our hostel supervisor to do the maintenance of our AC because I knew they would
definitely take few weeks to do it for the whole hostel rooms. And as expected,
they did for some and left some of the rooms, and unfortunately our room was
also left. They didn’t maintain even when the April month started. That was a
great irresponsibility from these people.
When the heat became too much in April, I went to the hostel
supervisor again and complained her about the AC maintenance but she was asking
me to pay Rs.400. Me and my roommate, Yangki talked and decided to pay but my
Nigerian friend, Hafsa was telling us not to pay because she didn’t pay for her
AC maintenance. We found her reasonable
and decided to talk to our warden. The warden also just assured us that she is
putting up the proposition and it will take few days. We thought to wait for
few days more. A week later, nothing concrete came from the supervisor or
warden, so me and Yangki went to the maintenance department and complained
there. The person there again asked us to wait for two more days for the work
to be done. And two days passed with no response from any concerned people.
I became completely frustrated and went back to the
department again but the man there narrated so many stories about the
non-payment to the AC Company for last year’s service also and for that I have
to talk to the Registrar. The next day, we again went to the department to see
if they can do anything, if not we were fully prepared to go to the Registrar
and Provost. There was no one in the office and we had to wait for more than an
hour outside waiting for them. Finally the electrical department head showed up
and took our matter seriously. He immediately made a call to the AC service
provider to do the maintenance, providing him our room number. He then assured
us that it will be done within 2-3 days.
We reached back to our hostel with some expectations. The
man called that evening saying that the work will be done within the weekends.
The next day, Saturday our AC service was done successfully and we no longer
dwelled in the heat. We were so happy that we were dancing as and when the
coolness filled our room…haha
It was last month I have travelled to Phuntsholing and heat there nearly roasted me alive. I cannot think of being down there in Delhi during these times of the year. Luckily you have got the AC re-serviced after so many rounds of follow-ups. Hope otherwise everything is fine with you. Takecare
ReplyDeleteNow all are fine. Yeah heat is something else here especially in summer months. Thank you and take care too ata!!
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