Sambalpur: Siege of Badbazar Electricity Office, commotion over power cuts

Sambalpur: Khetrajpur police station near Badbazar area has complained of arrears of electricity bills so electricity was cut off from two homes today. The houses from which the power was cut off, at that time in the house no men were present. So the locals also opposed the work of the power department. The arrears of Rs 10,000 will now be repaid and the rest of the money will be paid later, they appealed to the electricity department staff. However, the staff insisted that the electricity connection would not be made until all the money had been paid due to which the situation was tense. People are protesting against this decision of electricity dept officials and siege the badbazar electricity office. The situation later calmed down after it was decided that the case would be settled by both sides at the police station.