Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 3: Apni Party Provincial President Jammu Manjit Singh has alleged that Jammu is facing the worst kind of power crisis in the ongoing winter season with continuous unscheduled power cuts.
“They are charging huge bills to the people and the poor are made to suffer in the winter seasons. The ineffectiveness of the PDD officials and field staff can be gauged from the fact that they roam in the streets and disconnect connections but the department has completely collapsed in providing electricity,” he said while addressing a monthly provincial review meeting of Apni Party leaders at Gandhi Nagar Office, Jammu.
While chairing the meeting, Manjit Singh said that the people are suffering and the employees of the department are also facing an uncertain future. “This is happening because there is no elected Govt and no one is listening to the people in general,” he said and demanded that elections must be held as early as possible in J&K to restore the lost confidence of the people.
Seeking intervention of the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, he said that the Govt must act against the PDD officials for their failure in providing electricity. “The unscheduled power cuts have added to miseries and no one is ready to listen to the people,” he added.
Provincial Secretary of the Party, Dr Rohit Gupta expressed concern over the poor pace of developmental activities in rural and remote areas of J&K.
He said that the authorities are concerned about development in city areas, and there is hardly any step taken to develop rural and remote areas with regard to infrastructure, up-gradation of health care facilities, and improvement in education system and exploring of tourist destinations.
Prominent among those who were also present on the occasion include Provincial Secretary, Aslam Malik, State President Apni Trade Union, Ajaz Kazmi, Ex-MLA and District President, Kathua, Prem Lal, District President Rural (A), Pushp Dev Uppal, District President Udhampur, Hans Raj Dogra, District President, Kishtwar, Mohinder Singh Parihar, District President (Kandi) Bani-Basohli, Yasar Choudhary, State Vice President, Youth Wing, Raqeeq Ahmed Khan, Provincial President, Apni Trade Union, Raj Kumar, ST Wing Provincial President, Jammu, Choudhary Shabir Kohli, Youth Wing Provincial President, Jammu, Vipul Bali and others.
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