Power supply to former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's alma mater snapped

Electricity connection at former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's alma mater 'Mandapam Panchayat union middle school' in Rameswaram has been cut off by electricity board after the school management failed to pay the electricity bill for two years.

The school authorities, however, said that they stopped paying the electricity bill after the state government took up the responsibility.

''Earlier we used to pay the bill but stopped doing that after state govt took up responsibility for it. Now pending bills are more than Rs 10,000. We contacted the Electricity Board and they have agreed to provide electricity only for 5 more days,'' said village education committee president.