Bhubaneswar, June 1 -- Odisha Energy Minister, Pratap Keshari Deb on Thursday said that the use of the term 'power cut' by the media is wrong as these are not deliberate power cuts but mechanical failures which result in power outages.

Deb said, "Power outages faced by people for more than 2-4 hours are due to mechanical failure. Norwester is a major cause for this. In many places, transmission cables are damaged by the uprooted trees. There are other places where transformers get damaged due to overloading. These cause power outages. I do not deny power outages. But that is not a power cut. Using the term 'power cut' by media is wrong."

Deb was preaching the media about what term to use and what not, the people of Soro in Balasore had ...