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Parties protest against frequent power cuts
United: A demonstration being staged at Kottakuppam in Villupuram district on Friday.
VILLUPURAM: Activists of several political parties came together to stage a demonstration at the Kottakuppam town panchayat grounds near here on Friday, protesting frequent and unscheduled power cuts. The activists blamed the situation on the “inefficient and indifferent officials of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.”
Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Indian Union Muslim League, Pattali Makkal Katchi, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam participated.
Representatives of trading community and women’s organisations also took part. They said that power cuts were too frequent that they had become hamstrung to carry on the daily chores. The participants held the TNEB responsible for the sorry state of affairs.
Owing to unannounced power cuts, 40,000 families in Kottakuppam were put to great hardship. For the want of adequate power, no industrial development could take place in the town panchayat, they said.
The frequent blackouts also affected the students and their educational career. The residents demanded the setting up of a sub-station in the area.
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