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Dear @Openthemag, I have a story for you. Your owner Sanjiv Goenka's CESC, which supplies power to Kolkata, hasn't managed to restore electricity to swathes of the city post #CycloneAmphan after more than 4 days. The much-maligned West Bengal state supply board, whom I criticised
myself the day after the cyclone, has restored power to the parts of the city it serves by Friday. I can give you all the help on the ground. Free of cost, considering the #Covid19 economy. The CM herself has gone to CESC to ask Mr Goenka to do what it takes. Let me know?
From individual complaints here, I understand CESC is not responding to calls. @Openthemag is pretty fiery on Mamata Banerjee. Will you also be critical of a private entity which charges the highest rate of power per residential unit, but is scared to take calls?
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This young man, 34, a neighbour of sorts in Salt Lake, died in a Pune hospital for lack of B+ blood. Think about it: B+ is one of the most common blood groups in India
He was privileged, Anglophone, savvy. Imagine how our health system has collapsed
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Over the past month, I have spoken to doctors across states in India for my series on non-Covid healthcare in the #lockdown. Govt doctors in Gujarat, UP, Bengal, Tamizh Nadu, Maharashtra have begun the conversation like this: "I can't talk about #COVID19 cases + deaths." >>
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