Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 30: Taking a strong exception to the massive curtailment in electricity distribution in Kashmir, former Minister and MLA Amirakadal Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today said the prolonged and unscheduled power cuts have added to the miseries of people amid freezing temperature in Kashmir.
In a statement issued here, Altaf Bukhari said the Government must review prevailing power curtailment policy in both metered and non-metered areas in order to ensure supply of power as per schedule. “Present curtailment schedule that extends at-least upto 6 to 8 hours per-day, apart from unscheduled power cuts has agonized the public life in Kashmir,” he said.
The MLA Amirakadal observed that the long intolerable curtailment in metered and non- metered areas goes against the Government’s policy of providing hassle free electricity to the consumers. “The Power Department as per the Government policy is supposed to provide curtailment free power supply in metered areas. But unfortunately the PDD is flouting the norms set for the metered areas by resorting to long and unscheduled powers cuts every day,” he said and added that the people living in non-metered areas are facing a more pathetic situation.
Bukhari said that it seems PDD is following a set of unwritten rules after Durbar shifts to Jammu during winters. “The prolonged power cuts in Kashmir, especially during chilling winters seem to have become order of the day. Not only in cities and towns but the power supply situation in rural Kashmir is becoming more dismal by each passing day. The State Government must take steps to live up to its responsibility and the commitment of providing 24×7 quality, reliable and affordable power to all its domestic, commercial and industrial consumers in the State,” he remarked.
The PDP MLA also appealed people for judicious use of electricity as the use of heaters and boilers by the consumers is one of the causes for heavy overloading.
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