Gujarat tourism's power pangs

The much written-about power crisis in Uttar Pradesh (UP) had an unsuspecting victim in the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) recently. The Corporation unveiled its first office in UP at the Paryatan Bhawan, Lucknow, to boost tourist inflow from the state. After the inauguration ceremony, just as TCGL Chairman Kamlesh Patel was getting ready to give bytes to news channels, the power supply in the building tripped. It could be restored only after 15-odd minutes, but not before the waiting news channel representatives had left the office and captured their bytes outside.