Srinagar, Dec 20 : With Kashmir reeling under the darkness due to chilling weather conditions and frequent power cuts, the electricity department's helpline numbers are still deluged, leaving people aghast and fume over snail pace restoration. Reports say the helpline numbers that the Power Development Department in Kashmir to end the customer woes could be addressed properly on time, were deluged during the ravaging floods of September. Even after the passage of more than three months, the services are yet to be restored. People say that they need the assistance of the department in the winter months but the dead helpline numbers only add their miseries in the midst of the dark hours of the winter. As people across valley are crying for the adequate power supplies at present, the unscheduled power cuts are becoming an order of the day here. "How could we register our complain. There is no one to listen to our woes and the helpline numbers that the PDD earlier had issued are out of order," said scores of the Srinagar residents.
They blame that though they pay their bills on time, the erratic power supplies continue to haunt them everyday. |
