Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 9: As there is no respite from the heat wave, the winter capital of the state is reeling under acute power shortage thus forcing people to go for fresh purchase of inverters and batteries for running electrical gadgets like fans and coolers to get some respite from the scorching heat. This was stated by former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla while addressing deputations from Govindpur, Chatha Pind, Roop Nagar, Digiana and Sunjwan in Gandhi Nagar constituency today.
Residents in several localities of the city are fuming and fretting against the state Power Development Department (PDD) as it is taking four to five days to replace the damaged transformers because their own workshop is out of order and the Small Scale Industries Association (SSIA) is overburdened.
The power situation in Jammu has gone bad to worse as nearly 20 to 30 transformers get damage everyday and the workshop of the PDD is out of order as a part of the machinery is damaged. For the last one week, Jammu city and its other major towns like Akhnoor, Khour, Jourian, RS Pura, Bishnah, Vijaypur, Nagrota, Bari Brahamana besides Samba and Kathua districts and its towns like Billawar, Basohli, Hiranagar, Ghagwal, Lakhanpur etc are facing worst kind of power crisis, former Minister lamented.
The students are unable to prepare for the exams and coming entrance tests for the professional institutes due to power crisis. |
