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First time since independence, electricity reaches Kolkata address via MLA intervention
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News18•05-10-2026, 23:13
First time since independence, electricity reaches Kolkata address via MLA intervention
- •Electricity reached the Bachhar family home in Tiner Palli area of Ward No. 27 of North Dum Dum Municipality for the first time since independence.
- •The family alleged they were denied a power connection from the Left regime to the Trinamool regime due to their political association with the BJP.
- •The power connection was successfully established through the initiative of BJP MLA Sourav Sikdar.
- •Despite living without electricity and studying under lamps or solar lights, two children of the family have successfully become engineers.
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Through the initiative and intervention of local BJP MLA Sourav Sikdar, an electricity connection was finally established at the Bachhar family home.
The house is located in the Tiner Palli area of Ward No. 27 within the North Dum Dum Municipality, which carries a Kolkata PIN code address.
The family members alleged that despite submitting applications and required money long ago, they were repeatedly denied a power connection from the Left regime to the Trinamool regime due to their political association with the BJP.
