Amid lockdown, unscheduled power cuts irks Kreeri villagers
Srinagar, April 17: The inhabitants of several villages of north Kashmir’s Kreeri area expressed resentment against Power Development Department (PDD) for resorting to unscheduled power cuts, leaving the consumers high and dry.
A delegation of residents from Thindamah, Hail Jageer, Saloosa, and adjacent villages told JKNS that unscheduled power cuts have made their lives miserable.
Nusrat Bano, a resident told told JKNS that when whole valley is under complete lockdown, PDD is not following any curtailment schedule.
“We are getting on 4-5 hours of electricity during the 24 hours; it is injustice with the villagers. Despite repeated attempts to concerned officials, but they turned deaf ears to our pleas,” she said.
Another local, Irfan Ahmad said each year people are assured of better power supply but the situation is totally opposite on the ground.
“We barely get 3-4 hours of power supply and the authorities are not following any curtailment schedule,” he said.
The residents appealed Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu led administration and Chief Engineer PDD to look into the issue, so that people of the area would get sigh of relief from unscheduled power cuts. (JKNS)
