When Jawaharlal Nehru University descended into darkness for more than three hours on Tuesday night — between 8.30 pm and midnight — there was “no issue in supply” from the discom, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, The Indian Express has learnt.
On Tuesday night, high drama ensued when students tried to screen the BBC documentary, India: The Modi Question, on campus.
While power went off half an hour before the planned event, those who tried watching the film on their phones or laptops were allegedly pelted with stones.
Highly-placed sources said the discom “supplies power only till the JNU’s gates”, indicating that their jurisdiction ends at the sub-station on the campus.
