Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Senior State spokesperson and co-chairman media co-ordination committee of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Jagdeep Singh today said that grim power scenario in Jammu and Kashmir is putting life of every citizen in trouble and failure of successive governments in augmentation of power infrastructure is responsible for this scenario and there is hardly any improvement in infrastructure despite hefty bills being served to consumers.
Addressing a press conference in the Party office, here today, Jagdeep Singh said that electricity is concerned with life of every single citizen in the society and in the modern era the vehicle of life moves on electricity and almost every second aspect of life is associated with electricity directly or indirectly.
He however said that grim power scenario across J&K is a serious cause of concern as it directly and badly impacts life of people who face immense hardships due to poor electricity and scheduled as well as unscheduled power curtailment which is increasing with each passing day in winter season.
Castigating different political parties that have remained in power in J&K in past times, Jagdeep said that successive governments in J&K have failed to bring necessary upgradation and augmentation of power sector and the power infrastructure on ground is still outdated with wooden poles being used instead of proper poles, loose and hanging electrical wiring and technically snagged transformers.
Jagdeep further said that hefty bills are being served to consumers and that too when they are not getting proper electricity. He cited some examples where consumers have died years ago and now they are being served with bills running in lakhs that shows a major irregularity in billing sector of power department.
He further called for an immediate need to augment the electricity supply in J&K so that basic requirement of electricity of a common man can get fulfilled.
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