Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 17 : While expressing serious concern over the precarious power situation in Kashmir valley, CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today said it is unfortunate that the same situation is being repeated every winter.
Tarigami in a statement said that although the Government claims there is improvement in governance, reality is that the power situation is same as it was during the previous years and there is no improvement.
“Even the winter has just begun, and soon after the Durbar move offices moved to Jammu, the people of the Valley have been left helpless being devoid of power supply,” he said.
Tarigami lamented that no power schedule is being followed on ground and even metered areas are facing long and unscheduled power cuts much to the annoyance of public.
He said people living in rural and far flung areas are without electricity and the recent snowfall has aggravated the crisis. “People living in rural areas are compelled to arrange for alternate sources of illumination since they are facing worst power crisis. While the people in cities and towns had to face low voltage and erratic power supply, people living in rural and far-flung areas were left without electricity, Tarigami said.
He said that the recent power break-down in the valley reportedly resulting from the collapse of a high voltage transmission tower caused by unusually heavy and untimely snowfall resulted in a power outage throughout the valley.
While accusing Power Development Department (PDD) of failing to create a buffer stock of electricity transformers at district and divisional levels to address the situation surfaced due to damaged transformers, Tarigami said that the step-down transformers, installed in every neighbourhood develop technical snag, especially during winter months, and the consumers are left helpless in darkness and freezing cold till the process of lifting, repairing and re-installing a faulty transformer is completed in weeks together.
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