Forum asks discoms to compensate consumers

BHUBANESWAR: Even as erratic power supply, low voltage and frequent breakdown of distribution network without external provocation are fast becoming the trademark of Tata Power-managed distribution companies, Upobhokta Mahasangha, a state-level power consumers forum, has asked the discoms to pay compensation to the tune of Rs 5,000 to each of the nearly one crore consumers of Odisha.