Due to the strike by the employees of the Electricity Department, the power supply system in Varanasi has collapsed. In many villages the supply has stopped for 20 to 30 hours. Even drinking water is not available. People say that somehow work is done in the rural areas, but in the city people are yearning for every drop of water. In view of the strike, the administration has deputed Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar etc. revenue officers along with officers of PWD, Supply Department and other departments as in-charge at all 33 power sub-stations of the district. Due to lack of technical knowledge of the electricity department, the officers are sitting as mute spectators at the sub-stations.
As soon as Sunday morning, people got angry and people came on the streets.
In front of the Bhadaini power sub-station, the public did a chakkajam.
Troubled by the power failure, the women also blocked the Bhadaun Chungi road. Due to which the traffic on the Cantt to Mughalsarai road was disrupted.
There is also the problem of water due to lack of electricity. In the northern Kakarmatta and Lallapura areas, people made wells a support.