House gutted, residents hold protest

Excelsior Correspondent
Kathua, Nov 14: A house gutted in fire due to short circuit in Govindsar area near here today resulting into a heavy damage of  house hold goods .
According the reports, the house belonging to Balram Singh, son of Ramesh resident of Govindsar gutted into fire due to short circuit. On receiving the information, the fire tenders were pressed into service by the authorities to bring the fire under control.
The exact loss is yet to be ascertained when the last reports came in.
Meanwhile, a protest demonstration by residents was held in Govindsar against PDD for low voltage and interrupted electric supply. The resident also demanded to enhance the capacity of transformer and added that there is 100 KV transformer for 300 odd families which is the real cause of concern for them.