28 May,2009 08:21 AM IST | | Agencies
For the third day after Cyclone Aila swept the city with full fury, parts of the metropolis continued to remain without water and power as irate residents held protests before utility offices yesterday.
From Barasat to Behala and Tollygunge in the south, people complained of lack of basic amenities, as electric wires dangled dangerously from light posts, telephone cables remained snapped and overhead tram wires hung precariously alongside tracks.u00a0The army conducted relief operations in blocks of Sundarbans falling under South 24 Parganas district, which has been worst hit in the calamity.
