Reeling under alleged apathy of electricity supply authorities for several days, a man in Malkangiri carried his unwell mother on a trolley rickshaw to the office of district Collector to protest against several days of power disconnection from his house.
As per reports, employees of Tata Power South Odisha Distribution Limited had disconnected the electricity supply to the house of Deepak Dey, a resident of APV- 41 village in the district owing to failure in clearing his power utility bills.
Deepak's mother, who remains unwell due to age-related issues, requires an air cooler mandatorily but disconnection of power supply from his house over the last several days has caused severe health issues in Deepak's mother.
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As alleged by Deepak, he cleared all the dues and requested the concerned authorities to restore the power supply at his house. However, the officials didn't pay heed to his appeal even after several days.
Failing to get the power supply, Deepak carried his bed-ridden mother on a rickshaw to the collector office on Sunday to recount his miseries and draw the attention of the administrative head of the district hoping that it would aid his problem.
"My mother remains unwell and she requires fresh air for comfort and so I installed an air cooler in my house. Due to power disruption, she experienced difficulty in breathing due to which her health condition has deteriorated," said Deepak.
However, Deepak was interrupted by the Police as well as the Tata Power employees who sent the mother-son duo to the hospital after convincing them to restore the power connection at the earliest.
Meanwhile, Executive Engineer of TPSODL, Malkangiri refuted the allegations and blamed Deepak for the issue.
"After learning about the case, we had sent a team to restore power connection. However, he (Deepak) didn't allow the employees to enter his property and as the transformer is located on his land, the employees failed to restore the power connection," said Pratap Keshari Jena, Executive Engineer of TPSODL, Malkangiri.