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Congress protests Delhi's water, power crisis; hold top official hostage

New Delhi: A Congress delegation led by its Delhi unit chief Arvinder Singh Lovely Monday held Chief Secretary S.K. Srivastava hostage for half-an-hour at the Delhi Secretariat here over the acute power and water crisis

"Discoms are working out a schedule which will be shared with the public. Also power supply to malls will not be available after 10 p.m.," he said.

The meeting was attended by Srivastava, principal secretary (power), senior officers of Delhi Transco Ltd. and chief executive officers of all discoms.

Delhi faces a shortage of 300 to 400 MW everyday, according to the statement.