Altaf Bukhari distressed over prolonged power outages Archives

Taking a strong exception to the massive curtailment in electricity distribution in Kashmir, former minister and MLA Amirakadal Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari today said “the prolonged and unscheduled power cuts have added to the miseries of people amid freezing temperatures in Kashmir.” In a statement, Bukhari said the government must review prevailing power curtailment policy in both metered and non-metered areas in order to ensure supply of power as per the schedule. “Present curtailment schedule that extends at-least upto six to eight hours per-day, apart from unscheduled power cuts has…