Students gherao electricity office in Kendrapara protesting power outage in college

Hundreds of students of SN College gheraoed the electricity office at Rajkanika in Kendrapara district on Saturday demanding immediate restoration of power supply at the educational institution.

As per reports, the electricity transformer installed on the college premises was gutted two weeks back triggering a power outage. The college authorities and students informed the electricity department about the development immediately.

The department reportedly took 11 days to install a new transformer. However, it caught fire again the following day. But the department didn’t pay any heed to the repeated requests by the college authorities to restore the power supply on the college campus. After facing a lot of disruptions in their studies due to the lackadaisical attitude of the department, the students were forced to stage a protest. They gheraoed the electric office and shouted slogans against the department demanding immediate power restoration.

“We have been facing lots of problems in our studies due to power outage for the last 15 days. After repeated complaints, the department set up an old transformer on the college campus which again caught fire. We demand immediate restoration of power in our college,” said a protesting student.

Assistant Engineer, Dipankar Debta assured that a new transformer will be installed on the college premises within a day or two.

“The new transformer caught fire due to an internal short circuit. Our workers are testing the transformer if it could be repaired. I have already informed about the development to our higher authorities. If the transformer cannot be repaired, we will install a new one within a day or two,” said Debta.