Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Kerala Rights Panel Seeks Report on Medical College Power Cuts
The Kerala Human Rights Commission is looking into frequent power cuts near a Medical College campus.
A person named P K Raju asked for the campus and nearby areas to be protected from these outages.
The complaint said electricity was interrupted three or four times each day.
Many patients and their relatives stay in the area while receiving medical care.
The campus includes several important hospitals and healthcare institutions.
The commission has asked the Kerala State Electricity Board, or KSEB, to study the request.
KSEB must send its findings within three weeks.
The commission will decide what to do next after reading the report.
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission directed the KSEB to examine exempting the Medical College campus from power cuts.
The commission ordered the KSEB Chief Engineer to submit a report within three weeks.
A complaint said electricity in the Medical College area was disrupted three to four times daily.
The complaint cited difficulties for patients, attendants and relatives staying in nearby lodges.
The commission will consider the matter further after receiving the KSEB report.
- Who
- The Kerala State Human Rights Commission, the Kerala State Electricity Board and complainant P K Raju.
- What
- The commission directed KSEB to examine exempting the Medical College campus and nearby areas from power cuts.
- When
- The direction was issued on September 10, with a report due within three weeks.
- Where
- The Medical College campus and surrounding areas in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- Why
- Frequent outages reportedly disrupted medical care and caused difficulties for patients, attendants and relatives.
- Authority
- Kerala State Human Rights Commission
- Responding agency
- Kerala State Electricity Board
- Deadline
- Three weeks
- Reported outage frequency
- Three to four disruptions per day
- Affected location
- Medical College campus and surrounding areas
- Nearby accommodation
- Hundreds of lodges where patients and relatives stay
- Reported hospital capacity
- The complaint claimed the five hospitals together have around 50,000 beds