People in Karachi have been facing the problem of powercut, longer outages, and loadshedding with no respite for consumers in sight during the month of Ramzan.
The protesters said despite producing around 4,000 megawatts of electricity, they are not given any benefits, instead they have to face prolonged power cuts and hefty bills.
While some posters say that "Congress party killed our children", others demanded that "Congress should apologize". Some posters depicted news articles titled, "Karnataka's power woes, unemployment", "Power cuts hit Ballari's jeans industries hard".
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday unleashed an attack against the BJP-led Central government over the "power cuts" and other unresolved issues in Kashmir.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Harish Rao on Tuesday said that power cuts are happening across the country except for Telangana adding that the electricity situation in Karnataka has worsened under the Congress government.
A woman of Indian origin in Ashkelon, Israel, said: "Yesterday, a missile struck here, vehicles caught fire and there was a power cut in all these buildings...we feel that we are in danger but we believe in our Army...this is our home and we can't go anywhere...we want to live here peacefull
Protesters expressed frustration over unjust tax hikes, an unprecedented surge in electricity bills despite prolonged power cuts, and against a state-manufactured crisis of essential services in the region.
Union Energy Minister RK Singh was requested to make a permanent allocation of 400-450 MW from coal-based plants to secure the base load in view of the energy security of the state and to make the state free from power cuts.
Amid the heavy monsoon rains splashing over the different regions of Pakistan, nationwide power outages have averaged around 10 to 12 hours a day on Friday, according to The Express Tribune.
Underlining his government's achievements, Kejriwal said his government, unlike in UP, is providing 24 uninterrupted power supply to the residents of Delhi.
Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) said that high instances of power outages in Odisha were because the electricity supply networks were damaged due to the Nor'wester.
After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin asked the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to release a list of the special schemes dedicated to the state by the Centre, state BJP chief K Annamalai has taken a dig at the former, saying there is a lot of "fear on CM's face".