No water, erratic power supply

They switched off water to Mantri flats for over three hours last evening. Later in the evening, amid a gathering of dark clouds, power supply got erratic.The lights went off/on, off and on, and off again, and on again every other minute, till 10 p m. And then, when power supply got stabilized water taps went dry again. I didn't know when the supply was restored last night.
Mantri's claim of uninterrupted water supply and 24x7 DG power back-up came under severe test. And PropCare has some explaining to do. The residents have the right to know what went wrong, and what PropCare plans to do to ensure this doesn't happen again.
1) PropCare Balaji does call individual flats to alert residents about power/water supply disruption. But he couldn't cover all apartments last evening. Anyway, it is time they thought of putting in place a public alert system - smoke signals, town-crier, and something more in keeping with Century 21.
2) Water supply gets disrupted whenever there is power failure. For Mantri's don't provide for overhead water tanks. It's old hat, they say.
3) BSNL IPTV gets switched off, even with a split-second disruption in power supply. The TV service provider, inaptly called 'MyWay, is rather short on viewer service. It takes a couple of minutes after you switch on the set for getting the TV channels on screen. And every time power goes, even it is barely for a few moments, the set-top box takes its time to bring the screen alive. The 2-minute rigmarole for the TV screen to come alive was repeated so many times, so often, last evening that I gave up watching an on-demand movie in sheer disgust.
'MyWay' is surely not my way, can't be anyone else's way to TV entertainment. With no power back-up to keep set-top box alive, there is no knowing whether you get to watch uninterrupted, prime-time news or anything else on TV. Besides, they haven't updated their 'on-demand' movie list for several weeks now.

3in1 connectivity

Mantri Synergy is wired to receive BSNL fiber optic connection.It is the first residential project where BSNL has in place a three-in-one modem that wires the phone, the TV and the broadband. They also provide a wireless router, enabling the use of laptop anywhere in your flat.
BSNL's IPTV has package of channels that doesn't quite meet my preferences. For instance, foreign movie channels we used to get on Hathway package in Mysore are not available here. Nor do we get my mother's favoured Sun TV or my wife's Shankara channel. BBC, CNN, Raj TV attract monthly tariff (of Rs.3 to 5) Poor choice of Tamil channels in MyWay package is attributed to the fact that decisions on choice of channels are taken by company executives located in Gurgaon, and they are unlikely to be all that familiar with the Tamil channels available in Tamilnadu.
Airtel DTH is a cable option that, presumably, offers better choices in this regard. They show Sun TV.
The thing about BSNL IPTV is that you can watch, on demand, selected movies at a price; some old TV shows such as Ramayana, Laughter Challenge and Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi are also on offer on demand. Besides, we have option to watch on demand (for free) what they call lifestyle shows such as Ramdev's yoga demos.
For installation and other details contact : BSNL (phone/internet): Ashik - 9790122995; IPTV (My Way): Rajesh - 8939989106 ; Airtel DTH : Samy - 9840403028 , Ashwin - 9600068900.