Residents of Kestopur and Rajarhat were out on the streets on Thursday to protest the power cut in their homes since Wednesday evening when the city was hit by a squall.
Officials from neither the civic body nor the power utility, WBSEDCL, had responded to their calls, the protesting residents said.
“This is like the days after Cyclone Amphan had struck… when we had to live without power and water,” Paritosh Ghosh, who lives in Kestopur, said.
Places off the VIP Road, including Teghoria, Kestopur, Hanapara, Raghunathpur and Rajarhat, had been without power for days in the aftermath of the cyclone and “the fresh power cut was like a double blow”, according to many.
