Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Aug 23: The irate people protested at Ward Number 6 Bari Brahmana and Rahya Chowk in Vijaypur tehsil of Samba district today against the power crisis in their respective areas.
The protestors raising slogans against the PDD authorities warned to block National Highway in case the power supply was not made better in their areas.
The people of Ward No 6, Teli Basti, Bari Brahmana including women assembled in the area and held a protest demonstration against the callousness of the PDD authorities. They alleged that the irregular power supply has added to their miseries in this hot and humid Summer and the authorities are watching this whole as mute spectators.
The irate residents of Rahya , Suchani, Rajinderpura and other adjoin villages assembled at Rahya Chowk and held a strong protest against the PDD authorities and held them responsible for power failure in the area. They raised slogans against the Department for its callousness and negligence.
The protestors alleged that the power failure in the area has also affected the water supply with the result they were forced to take to streets.
The protestors said that they took up the matter with the authorities’ number of times in past but to no avail as no attention was paid to better the power supply. The protestors warned to block National Highway in case the power and water supply did not improve within 10 days.
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