Responding to the call given by the Bidyut Upabhokta Mahasangha, several political parties and outfits staged demonstrations across the city throughout the day on Tuesday demanding a complete rollback of the power tariff hike. The Mahasangha had given a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk hartal, but the bandh had very little impact in Cuttack as many public utilities and essential services were kept away from the purview of the strike. However, the activists of the left parties and the Government and power distribution company offices condemning. Hundreds of SUCI activists picketed in front of the Cesu office at Ranihat. “Handing over the power distribution to private companies for quality electricity at affordable prices was the greatest mistake done by the power-surplus State government,” the speakers said.