Villages witness severe power outage in Pulwama

PULWAMA — Frequent power outages have irked residents in many villages of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Residents from Chandigam, Palpora, Wasoora, Nownagri and other adjoining villages said that from past couple of weeks, they are not receiving electricity as per schedule.

“We get hardly two hours of electricity in a day against scheduled eight hours,” said Abdul Majid, a resident of Chandigam. He added that it has become very difficult for them to stay indoors after their area was declared Red Zone coupled with frequent power cuts.

He also said that without electricity, they remain cut off from their dear ones not only physically but virtually as well. “All modern gadgets like mobile phones become useless due to unavailability of electricity,” the resident said, adding that due to the shortage of electricity, they are not only facing difficulty in passing time but they also don’t know what is happening around them. “We are unable to get news as most of the power cuts are resorted to during evening time,” they said.

The residents also complained that they even do not get access to advisories issued from time to time by the government on coronavirus. The residents appealed authorities to redress their grievance.

Meanwhile, Executive Engineer, PDD Pulwama, Nazir Ahmad said that the frequent power cuts in the area is a result of overloading by consumers.