Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 20: Apprehending any mishap, the residents of village Lower Meer in Pancheri Tehsil of district Udhampur held a brief protest and expressed serious concern over hanging of electricity wires with wooden poles and trees in their area and said that concerned Power Development Department (PDD) is least bothered over safety of the people.
Accusing the PDD of putting the lives of residents in danger, by not aligning the electricity transmission lines on the electric poles, the residents said that the wires were let to hang upon wooden poles or trees which can make people prone to electrocution during rainy days.
“The PDD has failed to install the electric poles and the transmission lines. The live cables can be seen hanging from the wooden poles or trees,” the residents said, adding the transmission lines were lying very low to the ground thus posing a severe danger to the lives of people and cattle of the area.
“We made repeated requests to the PDD officials concerned seeking alignment of transmission lines on the electric poles but our pleas have fallen to deaf ears till date”, the residents alleged.
They warned the authorities to come on the road if PDD failed to install cemented or electric poles in their areas. They appealed to the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha to direct the PDD authorities to install iron poles so that the people feel safe and secure.
Prominent among those who were present on the occasion included Jaswant Singh, Davinder Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Bodh Raj, Raghuvir Singh, Sandoor Singh, Madan Lal, Khem Raj, Rasal Singh, Krishan Lal and Parkash Singh.
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