Excelsior Correspondent
MENDHAR, Dec 31: The power supply has been badly affected due to heavy snow fall in several areas of Balakote block three days back and could not be restored till today.
Even the road from Balakote to Bhimber Gali could not be cleared and the people of the area were facing lot of hardships. Sarpanch Mohd Arif Khan of Baruti in Balakote alleged that many poles have broken and power supply disrupted in the area due to heavy snow fall. No field staff from PDD visited and tried to restore the power.
Not only this, other officials at the block were also not attending to their duty. The road could not be cleared by the concerned authorities and the entire public of this block has been left to suffer. Mr Khan sought the intervention of Dy Commissioner Poonch in this regard. He said the locals have been forced to seek assistance from Army.
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