Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 25: National Conference Member of Parliament from Anantnag, Hasnain Masoodi today said that the J&K administration remains shockingly unperturbed by the predicaments of people in wake of the worst ever power crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The ruling dispensations both at the Center and local level in J&K are sleeping over the pressing need to find an early solution to the worst ever power crisis in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said, adding that electric supply in the Valley was playing hide and seek with consumers.
Maintaining that the incumbent LG administration should have provided hassle free electricity to people during the ongoing holy month of Ramzan, the NC MP lamented that the consumers have been left high and dry. “The power supply in certain areas does not even last long enough to charge mobile phones and inverters. The persisting crisis has impacted the daily lives of people besides dampening the festive spirit of the ongoing holy month of Ramzan,” he said.
“Leisure Shikara drives on Dal Lake won’t solve issues. Government is totally blind to the burgeoning issues concerning people. Earlier officials would pay heed to the issues raised by public representatives. But now they are completely overlooking the issues flagged by general public and public representatives. There is no basis to the claims of the Government’s good governance claims in Kashmir,” he said.
At a time when State Governments were relaxing impending bills and relaxing usage charges across the country, the incumbent J&K Government, he said, was busy extorting heavy tariffs from people. “When it comes to ensuring steady supply of electricity, the incumbent Government flees from its responsibilities,” he said, adding that the persisting crisis was having a cascading effect on other vital areas, particularly the agriculture sector.
Asking the Government to wake from slumber, Masoodi demanded tangible steps from the Government to redress the issues before it upsets local agriculture, tourism, and other public utility services.
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