Entire Puri district and hundreds of villages in other districts were without electricity even 11 days after the cyclone ‘Fani’ devastated coastal Odisha, killing at least 64 people, officials said.
People in many parts of the coastal region hit the streets on Tuesday demanding power restoration.
Puri district bore the maximum brunt of the cyclone which made a landfall in Odisha on May 3.
“We have restored power in most places except Puri district. Restoration of power in Puri is a big challenge,” Information and Public Relations Secretary Sanjay Singh told reporters here.
Asked about power restoration in 18,168 affected villages and 52 urban local bodies, Singh said, “The state government is taking all out efforts to restore the power supply to all consumers.”
