Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 10: Leaders across party lines today launched a scathing attack on the UT Government for its gross failure in providing relief to the people of Jammu region from the ongoing power and water crisis.
Senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta expressed grave concern over the dismal power scenario in the Jammu region with sun radiating scorching heat waves since last week. In a statement issued here, Kavinder maintained that in contrast to claims made on provision of adequate power supply for summer months, the JPDCL has miserably failed to come upto the expectations of people of the region as things have gone haywire and power outage has become synonymous to scorching heat under which Jammu is reeling these days.
Kavinder urged the higher ups in the department to take appropriate steps and ensure stable and power-cut free electricity supply to cater to the needs of the people reeling under sweltering heat of peak summers.
Former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today appealed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to address power crisis in Jammu region after he received several distress calls from various areas of Gandhi Nagar constituency regarding unscheduled power cuts. Bhalla said the deepening power crisis is also adversely affecting water supply in Jammu as the PHE Department cannot lift the required quantity of water due to power outages. He further alleged that the PDD officials were either not answering people’s calls or shifting blame on other departments.
The NPP Chairman and former Minister Harsh Dev Singh staged a dharna against the frequent un-scheduled power cuts and irregular water supply in the entire region under raging sun with temperature soaring upto 44°c at Jammu. Singh while addressing the media regretted that the acute power crisis has not only made the life of a common man miserable in the towns and cities but also in the hinterland and remote areas during the ongoing summer season.
Former chairman of Municipal Corporation Jammu and senior Congress leader Satish Sharma also criticized the Government for power woes in Jammu. “In 42 degree Celsius temperature, people in Jammu are not getting even basic facilities of power and water. The electricity is playing hide and seek for last 3 days in this scorching heat while the BJP sitting in power had promised to provide 24 hours uninterrupted electricity supply to the people of Jammu,” Sharma said while addressing a press conference.
Raising serious concern over the dismal power scenario in Jammu with temperature at its peak, BJYM State spokesperson, Chetan Wanchoo said that the Jammu people are made to struggle amidst scorching heat for power and water supply which are the essentials of life during this season. While stating that the COVID patients have also badly affected due to this unscheduled power cuts, Wanchoo appealed Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal to immediately review the ground situation by paying a personal visit to grid and power stations.
Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) Councillor Pritam Singh along with the residents of Delli area held protest demonstration against the PHE department outside its office. The Councillor said that in this scorching heat, the people of Delli have been suffering due to water shortage for last one month and even after many complaints, no action has been taken by the PHE department to solve their problem. He warned of blocking the main Kunjwani road if the issue is not resolved soon.
State president of National Secular Forum (NSF) while expressing his anguish over power crisis in Jammu said Government has no power crisis management mechanism in place to tide over acute power crisis during few months of acute summer in whole year. He added that with the onset of summer since last week, public hue and cry every where in Jammu with low voltage and frequent unscheduled power cuts, has made the lives of public worst than the hell with temperature touching above 42 degree Celsius. He appealed Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to look into the whole gamut of power crisis in Jammu.
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