Chennai: Spontaneous protests erupts in various parts of the city over the delay in the restoring power supply that was stopped since Monday morning due to the Cyclone Vardah. Finding it difficult to return to their normal life without the power supply, public staged protest in various parts of the city including Tambaram, Chrompet and Kolathur. Protests were mainly over the partial restoration of power supply.
On Thursday afternoon, resident of Kekkalanchavadi in Chrompet staged a road roko on GST road protesting the inordinate delay in restoring power supply to the area. Residents alleged that power supply was being restored to areas where rich and politically connected people are living while slum areas like there were being ignored. “Only two electricity poles were damaged in our area while several poles were damaged in other places but power supply was restored there,” they alleged. However, the police and Tangedco officials pacified the protesting people saying that the power would be restored by tonight. Similar protest over partial restoration of power was erupted in Krishna Nagar in West Tambaram and Lakshmipuram in Kolathur on Wednesday night.
