Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 19: Expressing serious concern over the grim power situation in Kashmir, CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has invited Governor N N Vohra’s attention towards the precarious situation caused by the pesky power cuts in the State especially the Valley which is reeling under severe cold.
In a statement issued here, Tarigami said people living in rural and far flung areas are without electricity and even areas receiving erratic power supply are for the most of the time facing numerous problems on account of low voltage compelling people to arrange alternative sources of illumination during the peak hours of the day.
He remarked that the people of the State have now become accustomed to face the winter vagaries every year in absence of the electricity as this situation is being repeated every winter soon after the offices move to Jammu.
“This has virtually become an annual ritual for the State administration to keep the people of the Valley devoid of basic amenities, especially the power supplies and essential commodities while Durbar functions in the winter capital. This situation needs to be changed, sooner the better,” Tarigami stressed.
He said that there is no power schedule being followed on ground and even metered areas are facing long and unscheduled power cuts much to the annoyance of public. “The transmission and distribution system has also deteriorated thereby depriving the consumers of vital electricity facility. The dilapidated LT network especially in rural areas needs to be replaced without any delay and the focus must also be given to augmentation of electricity transformers wherever needed to cope up with the consumption load,” he demanded.
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