ENRAGED AT prolonged power cuts late at night, hundreds of Hindu Yuva Vahini activists took out a procession and locked the office of the general manager of Power Corporation (Distribution) Suresh Ram.
They shouted slogans against the State government and demanded that night rostering be suspended. They even threatened to launch a massive movement if the rostering at night continued.
Heavy police force was deployed at the GM’s office who arrested the Vahini activists when they were trying to ransack the power corporation office. The activists were later released.
Condemning the unscheduled rostering at night, state president of the Vahini Sunil Singh said though Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav had issued directives to exempt the city from night rostering, the officials were not complying with the order and this rigid attitude had caused serious resentment among consumers.
Singh said suppressing the voice of the common people by force was no remedy.
Vahini leaders Dharmveer Singh, Sonu Vishwakarma, Rahul Gupta, Satyendra Pandey and others said rostering at night accompanied by sweltering heat made life unbearable for consumers.
They also said there was an order to suspend the supply to industrial units at night but the arbitrary attitude of power corporation officials had defamed the chief minister.
{{/usCountry}}They also said there was an order to suspend the supply to industrial units at night but the arbitrary attitude of power corporation officials had defamed the chief minister.
{{/usCountry}}The city is reeling under severe power cuts in three spells which has paralysed normal lifr for everyone.
Six-hour rostering in the morning and six-hour rostering in the evening and night has increased the problems, with the result that the patience of consumers is wearing out.
The city has already witnessed two incidents of ransacking of substations.