This year, till Maha Sasthi morning, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) has provided 50,550 temporary connections to puja committees throughout the state. For temporary connections, 337.15MVA extra load demand was met.
Heavy rains and strong winds during the persisting deep depression caused power cuts for three days in certain locations in Purbasthali, Kalna of East Burdwan that invited a road block by the aggrieved residents on Monday.
Chief minister Mamata Baneree announced an Rs 15,000 hike in donations to Puja organisers today.
The minister said that the WBSEDCL has already started a control room with numbers 89007 93503/4 and will work 24x7.
Previously, after the mishap near Raj Bhavan, KMC board chairman Firhad Hakim had said such tangle of overhead dangling wires need to be looked into by the power distributors.
Rajesh Pandey, principal secretary MSME and textiles has been given additional responsibility of public health engineering department.
She received a power bill worth Rs 49,595 against power consumption by two electric fans and five bulbs and tubelights.
“Neither the local political representative like MLA nor officials of the state electricity board is active to restore the supply. We have never had to spend such a long harrowing period living in darkness,” said Mr Sudhir Pal of Dhamua village in the district.
Ninety per cent electricity restored, says chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
A detailed assessment report on the damage caused by the cyclone to all the sectors is being prepared by the state government.
