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BJP protests against power-cuts
| Party leaders take out rally from Gurudwara junction |
powerless!: BJP activists drying clothes on mock power lines at EPDCL corporate office in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday protested against the “unscheduled and long” power-cut in the city and its suburbs. Led by its State secretaries Bandaru Rangamohana Rao and Kolli Ratna Kumari and city president P.V. Narayana Rao, the party took out a rally from Gurudwara junction and organized a protest at the Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd.’s corporate headquarters here. Party workers dried clothes on ‘mock’ power cables and carried placards stating that free power meant no power. They obstructed EPDCL staff from entering the office. They submitted a memorandum to Chief General Manager (Operations) B. Ramesh Prasad on the problems caused by the power cuts.
The party leaders said owing to the ‘long’ power cuts people eking a living working on machines and using computers were facing hardships. The cuts in the suburban areas were more painful. It recalled that when rain was copious last year, the Government took out advertisements thanking the rain god. But it had failed to take any precautionary steps to meet contingencies that arose from scanty rainfall. Condemning the “irresponsible” attitude of the State Government, the BJP demanded immediate steps to restore regular supply.
Party leaders J. Pridhviraj, T. Bhaskar Murthy, M. Kanaka Rao and BJYM State general secretary P.V.N. Madhav participated.
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