Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader Ghulam Hassan Mir today urged the J&K UT Government to ensure an uninterrupted power supply, especially in rural areas to make stay-at-home advisory a success amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
In a statement issued here, Mir said that in the prevailing pandemic, when the people are advised to stay indoors, it has become very difficult for them to observe these health guidelines in letter and spirit because of an erratic power supply.
“Though the Central Government claims there is an improvement in governance in J&K, reality is that the power situation has become worse as compared to what it was during the previous years. Isn’t it any priority for the UT Government to provide uninterrupted power supply to people especially in rural areas when they are supposed to strictly stay-at-home to stem spread of a deadly disease?” Mir asked, while appealing the LG G S Murmu to intervene into the matter.
He said that most of the rural areas in Kashmir division are reeling under frequent power interruptions, which is causing immense difficulties to the people especially the students’ community whose studies have already got a huge dent due to the COVID pandemic.
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