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| Power cuts add to problems | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 26: If the relentless heat waves have made lives of Jammuites miserable, frequent and long power-cuts by the Power Development Department (PDD) are just adding to their woes.
Besides, the State government's tall claims of a power-cut free summer in metered areas seem to have been blacked out with people battling searing heat waves and long power cuts.
What to the utter dismay is the government itself has restricted the Power Development Department (PDD) from purchasing electricity to meet the public requirement.
Talking to the Early Times, Chief Engineer PDD Jammu, Mohammad Qasim disclosed, "The department has been directed by the government that the power purchase budget should not exceed Rs 2050 crore during the current financial year."
The Chief Engineer said, "The power requirement of entire Jammu and Kashmir is 1800 Mega Watts while Jammu region is consuming only 600 to 650 Mega Watts," he said, adding, "We have a shortfall of 700 Mega Watts as against the availability of 1100 Mega Watts of electricity. The shortfall of 500 MW is being met by enforcing eight hours curtailments in un-metered areas. The remaining power shortage is being covered by enforcing power cuts even in metered areas."
He disclosed, "Power consumption has increased several times due to scorching heat as people have been making the maximum use of air-conditioners. Besides, the soaring temperature coupled with subsequent load has also caused damage to the transformers and frequent tripping of lines."
"We have received several complaints regarding illegal connections and hooking by the people not only in un-metered but also in metered areas to run air-conditioners. We have constituted special teams to conduct raids in these areas and the department is also making efforts to regularize illegal connections so that distribution system could be streamlined," he maintained. He hoped that things would be put in right order within a week time.
"When there is no power for minimum eight to ten hours on an average everyday then it can be nothing but unbearable," said a resident of New Plot.
Notably, most parts of Jammu region particularly rural areas are facing power curtailment of 12 to 14 hours. "It was a sleep-less night for us as power remained off for 12 hours and that too, during night hours," a single-liner resentment shown by Yash Pal, a resident of Jandrah village.
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