Wednesday, February 28, 2007Power supply was restored after 25 hours all over Bihar Wednesday morning, a crisis that affected emergency hospital services, water supply and movement of trains in the state.
Power supply went off in Bihar Tuesday morning as over 14,000 Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) employees went on a 24-hour strike to protest restructuring plans.
Many in cities like Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Purnea were seen running around with plastic buckets to fetch drinking water.
Leader of the workers, B.L. Yadav, said the strike was total and successful as there was absolutely no power and water supply across the state.
Seizing the chance to embarrass the government, leader of the opposition Rabri Devi entered the state assembly Tuesday holding a lantern. 'Taps in all households in the state have gone dry. I could not take a bath as there was no water,' she said, blaming Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his failure to come to a compromise with the workers.
The Patna High Court had Tuesday asked the state government to ensure immediate power supply. It was responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the court lawyers association to declare the strike illegal.
The employees are demanding withdrawal of the decision to break the BSEB into three independent profit centres dealing with generation, transmission and distribution.
Power supply went off in Bihar Tuesday morning as over 14,000 Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) employees went on a 24-hour strike to protest restructuring plans.
Many in cities like Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Purnea were seen running around with plastic buckets to fetch drinking water.
Leader of the workers, B.L. Yadav, said the strike was total and successful as there was absolutely no power and water supply across the state.
Seizing the chance to embarrass the government, leader of the opposition Rabri Devi entered the state assembly Tuesday holding a lantern. 'Taps in all households in the state have gone dry. I could not take a bath as there was no water,' she said, blaming Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his failure to come to a compromise with the workers.
The Patna High Court had Tuesday asked the state government to ensure immediate power supply. It was responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the court lawyers association to declare the strike illegal.
The employees are demanding withdrawal of the decision to break the BSEB into three independent profit centres dealing with generation, transmission and distribution.
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