Tuesday, September 22, 2009

No power in Kolkata, chief minister takes stairs

L
rge parts of Kolkata
are without power today. A technical fault in the city's main power supplier (Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation or CESC) has led to a virtual shut down of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity to the city.

The snag occurred around 9.30 this morning. It could take all day to correct the fault, according to a CESC spokesman.

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya had to walk up a flight of stairs to get to his office in the state secretariat Writers Building.

He could not use the elevator because of a 40-minute power cut

The CESC generates about 975 MW of power from four power plants which have got de-synchronised due to the technical problem.

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