Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 19: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference today rued power outages particularly during Sehri, Iftaar and Taraweeh, saying the claim of the Administration to ensure provision of electricity on all feeders to people during these hours has fallen flat.
Party senior leader and former Speaker Legislative Assembly, Mubarak Gul while expressing concern over the frequent power outages in the Srinagar city said ever since the holy month of Ramzan has set in, the electricity has been playing hide and seek with the consumers particularly during Iftaar, Sehari and Taraweeh hours. This has put the public into trouble. But the concerned departments have failed to live up to its promise to ensure adequate power supply to domestic consumers, he asaid.
Gul further said that he has been receiving phone calls from across the old city areas in particular the Eidgah constituency where consumers from different areas informed him how they are facing more power cuts at Sehri, and Iftaar. “People are forced to have Sehri and Iftaar under candle light, lamps. It goes without saying that the usage of electricity increases manifold during the ongoing month. I am hopeful that the concerned authorities will live up to its promises and ensure adequate power supply to consumers across Srinagar in particular the suburban area of Pal Pura in Eidgah constituency,” he said.
Meanwhile, expressing concern over the oddities faced by people living in Srinagar city, Gul said “Never has the road infrastructure been so horrendous, as it is these days. The entire road surface of the city these days is marked by potholes, pits and crumbling black topping, making it very difficult for public and private transport to ply. The gravel, slush and dust on the road stretch has made it difficult for the pedestrians to walk on the road not to speak of plying their vehicles,” he said.
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