Youth Congress activists in Kollam, Kerala, staged a “sleep protest” at the KSEB office by laying mats and sleeping, alleging unannounced power cuts that they say are harming children and the elderly. KSEB and the Electricity Minister deny load shedding, saying recent outages were due to temporary overload. Kerala is also grappling with a severe power shortage.
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