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| Saroori flays government over power, water crisis | | | Early Times Report
Kishtwar, June 9 : Former Minister and Congress MLA from Inderwal G M Saroori today flayed state government over power and water crisis at constancy. Addressing gathering at Thakrie area of District Kishtwar on Sunday, Saroori said that he would not remain a mute spectator over the apathetic attitude of the government towards the plight of the people in Jammu region. In the scorching heat when the temperature is hovering between 44 and 45 degree celsius, people are struggling to get power and drinking water. He would not remain a mute spectator to the apathetic attitude of the government," he asserted.
Saroori said there is acute shortage of the electricity in whole Jammu region. People are on roads because erratic power supply, for one reason or the other, also fails the water supply. The situation is very very grim in Jammu relates the torture of power failure in the searing heat of 47 degrees Celsius plus and Kashmir during sub zero temperatures in the Kashmir Valley.
Stating that the only way a viable solution to the power crisis in Jammu and Kashmir having a comprehensive policy to address the electricity crisis affecting day-to-day life in the state, the administration would always sought to put onus of the power crisis over the hapless consumers blaming them for non-payments of bills without realizing shortage of power and huge transmission losses is beyond the control of general public.
Saroori urged state government to implement a comprehensive plan, funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB) to minimise the scarcity of water in Jammu during the summer as it was earlier implemented in PDP-Congress regime, state government should immediately formulated and implement the plan to cope with this problem and said this is a time to take major step to mitigate the woes of the people," he said.
He said according to his information Jammu faces a shortage of over 11 Million Gallons against the normal per day requirement which goes further up with the increase in mercury. "Many times the supply remains disrupted for days together which compel the residents to come on roads and protest against the department. It is a routine problem and every year during peak summers the problem grips entire city and its adjoining areas". |
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