India: Power cut in Bijoygarh for 14 hrs, locals protest

Kolkata: MORE than 450 people came out on the streets and blocked Bijoygarh Road for over four hours today to protest the daily power crisis in the area. Fed up with the daily outage and low voltage, residents of ward 95 today resorted to a road block from 7.30 am to 12 pm.

More than 250 families in Bijoygarh were left in the dark for over 14 hours on Thursday. According to locals, this was not the first time that something like this has happened. Tinku Datta, a resident of ward 95, said,


The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) had failed to repair or renew the cable connection, which was installed in 1956, despite receiving repeated complaints from the residents. Not only has power failure become a regular feature in the area, voltage fluctuation has also made life miserable for the people.