Local residents block Ashok Rajpath

Local residents blocked Ashok Rajpath and burnt tyres demanding immediate replacement of a burnt transformer near Church in Patna on October 17, 2013. As the transformer developed snag entire locality turned into darkness.
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Students protest erratic power supply

Students and local residents gheraoed the officials of Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) near Patna University in Patna on June 21, 2011 in protest against the erratic power supply in the locality.

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Convention on power crisis held in Patna

A convention on power crisis was held at Panchayat Bhawan in Patna on May 7, 2011. The convention was organised by Bihar-Jharkhand Rajya Vidyut Parishad Kamgar Union (CITU).

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Power crisis ignites violent protests in Bihar

The broken window panes of New Delhi-Patna Garib Rath Express, which arrived in Patna Junction on April 28, 2011, showed the ugly face of people's protest against power and water crisis in Ara, about 50 km from Patna. Police opened fire, lobbed teargas shells and resorted to lathicharge in Ara when thousands of people took the streets to vent their ire on prevailing power and water crisis. Protesters also damaged Railway property at Ara Junction and blocked the up and down lines of the East Central Railway for several hours. Protests against electricity crisis were also reported from Gopalganj, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Patna City.

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Congress workers stage protest against power crisis

Bihar Congress workers staged dharna at Income Tax round-about in protest against power crisis in the state in Patna on April 5, 2011.

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No need of electricity

Intermittent power breakdown has forced the residents of Patna to switch over to hand fans in an agonising summer day on April 30, 2009.

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Living in the Stone Age

Unabated power crisis has forced the students, who are preparing for school, college and different competitive examinations, to burn candles for their study in Patna on April 19, 2009.

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