Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 16: The protest against the power crisis continued at different parts of the Jammu and Samba district again today.
Feeling totally cheated by the PDD authorities who yesterday asked the people to lift the road blockade as the transformer in their area will be installed by the evening, the residents of Randhawa Colony and Govindpuri, Vijaypur today again came on streets and blocked the Ramnagar road from 2-30 pm to 7-30 pm in protest against the failure of the department to keep its promise.
The protestors said that they are without power for last six days now as the authorities have failed to replace the local transformer which developed a snag.
The protestors raising slogans against the State Government accused it of total callousness towards the people of the area.
The protestors said that the transformer was damaged 10 times in last two months. They said neither their political representative nor Executive Engineer, PDD took any step in restoring the transformer in the area due to which the people have been forced to pass sleepless nights during the last six days.
Though the SHO Vijaypur and PDD officers today again tried to give assurance to the people but they did not budge and continued road blockade till the evening.
Congress senior leader and former Minister Manjit Singh also addressed the protestors and demanded immediate installation of transformer.
Meanwhile residents of Manorama Vihar, Bohri Jammu also lodged a strong protest against the power failure in the area. The residents accused the PDD of its failure in maintaining power supply in the colony and alleged that there was total blackout in the colony during the last night. The residents said despite the fully metered area the PDD has failed to provide round the clock power supply.
The residents of BB Extn. Gandhi Nagar also express their concern over power failure in their area and callous attitude of PDD authorities towards the consumers.
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