Locals from Maisuma and its adjacent areas on Friday took to streets against Power Development Department (PDD) and locked-up its office at Basant Bagh here.
Witnesses said a large number of people from Basant Bagh, Mandir Bagh, Nai Sarak and Maisuma assembled outside PDD office and locked it up to protest against the department’s “failure” to supply them electricity. The protesters said that they receive electricity for only three hours despite paying their fatty monthly bills.
“PDD has failed to provide us adequate electricity from past more than four weeks. We are not getting sufficient electricity,” protesters said and appealed Chief Engineer PDD to look into the matter.
Pertinently, residents of various areas of Srinagar have complained of unscheduled power cuts.
Residents of several areas of Shaher-e-Khaas including Nawab Bazar, Maharaj Gunj, Bohri Kadal, Khanyar, Soura and Hawal expressed resentment over unscheduled power cuts.
“We receive power for only few hours in a day. This is sheer discrimination with us,” the aggrieved residents said.
Shaher-e-Khaas Traders Federation Shaher-e-Khaas Federation Zaina Kadal has threatened to stage protests against unscheduled power cuts.
