Lawyers hit streets in Agartala against power cuts for 2 days

Agartala: Lawyers came out on the streets of Agartala on Wednesday protesting a prolonged power cut in the West Tripura district and sessions court complex for past two days after cyclone Remal hit Tripura on Monday night. Despite repeated complaints allegedly the power supply restoration team didn’t respond.
The agitated lawyers gheraoed a senior official of Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) on the court premises for an hour demanding immediate restoration of power supply.However, with the assurance of the time-bound action of power minister Ratan Lal Nath, the agitation was withdrawn.
“Proceedings in the West Tripura district and sessions court along with other subsidiary courts were badly affected on Tuesday due to a power cut from the previous night. The electricity supply remained disrupted today. Several serious cases are not being heard and the judges’ offices couldn’t function due to prolonged power cuts,” said a lawyer.
Two days after cyclone Remal hit Tripura, power supply in many places across the state, including several locations of the capital city Agartala has not yet been restored prompting residents to hit the streets in many places since Tuesday. The residents in major parts of Agartala are running out of water.
Allegedly, nobody responded to the calls in Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) offices across the state.
The Congress demonstrated in front of TSECL headquarters in the city demanding the resignation of power minister Nath and immediate restoration of power supply. It alleged that the minister and his associates have outsourced consumer services related to power to some outsiders who didn’t work properly since the beginning but the department has not yet discontinued them.