On December 16, 1998, displaced persons settled in the boarding school for the hearing impaired on Delisi Street in Tbilisi, blocking Vazha-Pshavela Avenue. The protesters demanded an electricity supply proportional to the amount the state deducted from them. Each IDP had 2 GEL withheld monthly, which meant that about 1,500 GEL was transferred every month from their building to the electricity distribution company Telasi, yet they only received electricity for 3 hours a day. The demonstrators demanded to be connected to the nearby Sakgaztransmretsvi building, which had a 24-hour power supply. The protest ended three hours later, after Telasi director Bezhan Khutsishvili arrived and promised to meet their demands.