 Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 2: Panthers Party activists along with local people spearheaded by Chairman JKNPP, Harsh Dev Singh, staged a massive Dharna outside Divisional Office PDD against the unprecedented power cuts and huge voltage fluctuations in the entire region on Monday.
Harsh Dev Singh while addressing the massive gathering regretted that the acute power crisis has made the life of common man miserable all across the Jammu region including Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Reasi, Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban during the ongoing summer season.
He further said that scheduled and unscheduled power cuts during scorching summer had thrown life out of gear in both urban and rural areas with clamoring and grievances of people going un-heard and unaddressed.
Harsh Dev Singh further sought the accountability of the State govt. and questioned the Power Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh regarding the fate of 150 MMT dedicated coal mine which was promised to be allotted to J&K in the "Agenda of Alliance" for establishing a thermal plant.
Prominent among those who participated in the protest including Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Partap, Nirmal Kishore, Satvir, Shanker Chib, Ajay Singh, besides others. |
