“The situation is intolerable. In Krishna Nagar in East Delhi, there have been unduly long powercuts because the discom infrastructure is not at par. South Anarkali is suffering the most, as residents there have not had electricity for almost 60 hours in the last five days. On Saturday, a transformer blew up and damaged houses, injuring people and it has yet to be repaired,” former Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan said.

The Opposition also alleged the “belated” pulling up of discoms was a drama staged by Sheila Dikshit. “Why didn’t she raise this issue earlier? When the government pulls up the discoms, why do they forget that they are 49 per cent shareholders in these firms? They have representatives on the boards of the discoms who could have raised this issue,” Jagdish Mukhi, Janakpuri MLA, said.