Residents of Chlorakas apartment complex protest electricity cut

A group of around 100 people living in an apartment complex in Chlorakas who have had their electricity supply cut, gathered outside the community council officers on Monday afternoon demanding to be housed somewhere with the facilities they need.

Around ten police patrol cars from Paphos HQ were called to the scene but the protest remained quiet, CNA reported.

President of the Chlorakas community council, Nikolas Liasides, told CNA that the protestors want the authorities to find them alternative houses and apartments or have their electricity reconnected in the complex where they live now.

Liasides said the electricity had been cut to the complex because some of the residents were found to be stealing the supply from a nearby substation over the past six months.

As a result, the EAC proceeded to cut off the electricity and then the substation was placed under guard, he added.