UDAIPUR, Matabari, Oct 13 (TIWN): In Tripura’s history, this is the first time on a Maha Astami Tithi, the entire Matabari Tripura Sundari Temple plunged into darkness due to loadshedding since 3.30am. In a massive failure of Governance by BJP CM Biplab Deb, Matabari Tripura Sundari Temple lost power at morning 3.30am, since evening 6 pm as this news is being reported, no power in Matabari Temple. This is the first ever incident when Matabari Tripura Sundari temple has suffered from such a crisis amid no emergency line was working. Resentment erupted among the public for 16 hours of power cuts in the whole Udaipur as before 15 days of Durga puja, long power-cuts were given in the name of “Durga Puja” maintenance work. Question raises what work was done, if such an unwanted power cut on the day of Ashtami occurred. Not only Matabari but the entire Udaipur city never faced power cuts on Durga puja. Locals said, not only today but everyday from early morning power cut problems began and as a result, households can’t store water in tanks also.

Due to a transformer related issue that erupted in the main power house in Udaipur, the entire town has gone under load-shedding for an uncertain period of time.The power outage started early morning 3.30 am. From Power house, an announcement was made that their workers are trying their level best to fix the issue but it took 16 to 17 hours to restore power connectivity.The whole town on the day of Ashtami is reeled under water crisis, power crisis and puja pandals, Rama Krishna temple to all temples suffered due to power outage.

Transformer burning issues have increased massively under Biplab Deb Govt. Although often Biplab Deb compares Tripura with big states, in other states, such regular power outage issues hardly occur. Under Biplab Deb the power dept was privatized but no progress was seen.

On the other hand, power facilities have not increased but people are paying 3 times more power bills than before.

The whole Maha-Ashtami day turned into chaos for the people of Udaipur and temples like Mata Tripura Sundari were not spared from that. Resentment brewed among the devotees. Devotees were seen buying candies at their own expense to lighten up Temple’s inside.