Utter chaos ………….. in the normally bustling tourist-pilgrim town of Puri ………. essential commodities, including candles, torches, biscuits and water bottles, vanished from the shelves. Desperate residents demanded restoration of electricity, but normalcy is …………. for at least a week. A shortage of diesel required for running generators is adding to the crisis. The situation was …….. different in the capital Bhubaneswar, where water supplies ………… out in the absence of electricity. Hundreds of angry residents surrounded the offices of the water supply board and staged protests at the residences of MLAs and MPs