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By Manas Dasgupta
A nine-member team, which arrived here late last night, divided itself into three groups and visited some relief camps, the localities affected by riots and some other areas which were under curfew for long periods during the disturbances. While one team visited Shah Alam, Naroda-Patiya, Gulmarg Society-Chamanpura, the three worst-hit areas in the city, as well as Amraiwadi, Ramol Janatanagar, Isanpur, Dani Limda, and some parts of Kalupur, the second team visited Jamalpur, Shahpur, Sankalitnagar relief camp in Juhapura, Rakhial and Gomtipur and the third team, Khanpur, Mirzapur and Idgah. Later in the evening, the observers held a meeting with the Government officials in Gandhinagar to learn about the relief and rehabilitation measures being taken by the administration for the riot-hit, apparently to cross-check the reports the team had collected from the affected people during the day. In a brief chat with newsmen, the leader of the team, A.N. Jha, said the observers would be visiting some other riot-affected districts in the State as well as the areas facing acute drought condition before submitting their report to the Commission in Delhi. The duration of the visit, he said, would depend on the "work on hand.'' Power blackout, a Cong. conspiracy: Modi Meanwhile, the Narendra Modi Cabinet viewed the power blackout in the western region last night as a "Congress conspiracy'' to "discredit'' the BJP Government in the State and "delay'' the holding of the Assembly elections. Talking to mediapersons after a Cabinet meeting held here today which discussed in detail the power blackout and the steps taken by the Government to restore supply within three hours, the Energy Minister, Kaushik Patel, however, failed to explain how the three-hour blackout could delay the holding of the elections. Blaming the Congress Government in Madhya Pradesh for the blackout, Mr. Patel said the continuous excess drawal by M.P. which resulted in the cascade tripping of all the major power stations in five States, including Gujarat, could not be a mere "mistake'' but smacked of "deliberate mischief.'' Pointing out that the AICC general secretary, Kamal Nath, who hails from M.P., was in charge of the party affairs in Gujarat, Mr. Patel alleged that it was to make the proposed Congress sammelan at Deesa on August 4 on power and water shortage in the State a success, Mr. Nath had connived with his party Government in M.P. to cause the blackout. He alleged that the M.P. Government had refused to observe "grid discipline'' in the last few months and despite repeated warnings by the Western Region Electricity Boards and the Power Grid Corporation of India, it continued to draw power from the grid much in excess of its allotted quota. Even at 8.10 p.m. yesterday, M.P. was drawing 350 MW power in excess, which caused the tripping.
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