GORAKHPUR Taking advantage of the prolonged suspension of power supply in rural areas of the district, private players are charging villagers ₹10 for charging mobile phone batteries and ₹50 for pumping water with portable generators.
In the Baillo village, long queues of people were seen on the Saturday evening as they waited for their turn to charge their mobile batteries. Local residents Dharmendra Gupta and Prashant Shukla said that their villages have been without a power supply since Friday midnight. Therefore, people are rushing to shops to get their phones charged.
Electricity supply to 250 villages from Karwal to Majh Gawan power substations has been suspended since Friday evening.
