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A man walks with his bicycle under an uprooted tree after the Cyclone Amphan made his landing, in the South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.
REUTERS/ Rupak De Chowdhuri – RC2WSG9T8FFV
However, mobile and internet services have not yet been restored in several parts of South and North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore district.
- PTI
- Last Update: On may 26, 2020, 2:16 PM IST
The drinking water and the electricity supply has been restored in large areas of Calcutta was devastated by the Cyclone Amphan even as some parts of the city witnessed protests over the lack of essential services.
According to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) sources, the restoration work is on a war footing and that they have the hope that all the roads are cleared of trunks of trees, whether at night or in the morning of Wednesday.
“Our work is almost complete. Now the issue of the restoration of the power supply is being studied by CESC. We have been assured that the power would be restored in the other areas of Wednesday morning,” a senior KMC official said.
Lakhs of people were left homeless as the cyclone Amphan cut a path of destruction through half a dozen districts of West Bengal, including state capital Kolkata,on May 20, the burning of farms, the uprooting of thousands of trees and flooding low-lying areas.
Large areas of the city are still without electric power posts and lines of communication that had been swept away by gusts of wind.
Unlike the last five days, the city reported scattered protests on Tuesday.
Agitators in Garia and Behala in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, in the blockade of roads with the branches of the trees uprooted and placed barricades to restrict the movement of vehicles to press for their demands.
“Six days have passed, but the electricity is still to return to our area. We don’t know when you will be back,” said a resident of Garia.
The people blamed the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) for not being able to restore the supply of energy, and stated that no official of the private company had visited the town to date.
“We’ve contacted with the local administration and the local police station to inform them of our problems. Without the help received from the quarter, up to the moment,” another resident said.
People in Behala also demonstrated against the rising prices of water in the midst of increasing levels of mercury.
In Seoraphuli city in the district of Hooghly, Congress leader Abdul Mannan, took to the streets to protest against CESC failure of the restoration of the power supply. He blocked the blood G T Road.
The police tried to convince the leader of the Congress to lift the blockade, but Mannan said, “I’m not going to get out of the area until the CESC officials to come and rectify the situation”.
“Patients with diabetes who depend on insulin will not be able to get your daily dose of shots like refrigerator does not work because there is no electricity,” a protester said.
The Army was deployed in the city and its neighbouring districts on Saturday, hours after the West Bengal government sought its assistance for the immediate restoration of essential infrastructure and services in the state.
Stating that 80 per cent of all essential services have been restored in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought the cooperation of the people to carry the cyclone-hit state back on its feet.
Mobile and internet services have not yet been restored in several parts of South and North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore district.
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