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| Major fire tragedy averted at Shaheedi Chowk | | Unplanned electricity wires threaten public property | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu Mar 9: A major fire tragedy was averted today at Shaheedi Chowk Jammu when an electricity short circuit led to fire incident at the shop of Mukesh Armoury, but was soon controlled due to alertness and efforts of people passing through this ever busy market of Jammu.
As per the details, the short circuit took place at around 2.30 p.m. and was seen by the people walking on the road and in case the incident had taken place, the loss to the public property could have been great.
Being Sunday today, the shop was closed when the incident took place. After inspecting the site of incident, the cause of the short circuit was found to be unplanned electricity wires supply to the houses and commercial units located in this market.
Even though the government of Jammu and Kashmir has claimed to have spent several hundred crore rupees on maintenance of transmission and distribution system of electricity in both urban and rural areas of the state, but on ground no improvement has been seen and the people are busy in stealing the power with active support of the electricity department officials and staff.
In today's case, the unplanned and illegal hooking was the main cause of short circuit.
"Even though electricity department claims to have installed meters in the area, but their employees are promoting illegal pilferage --- that too in such a way that it remains hidden from the public notice, which ultimately lead to electricity short circuit" said one of the passerby at the site of the incident.
He said that unplanned distribution of electricity wires in main markets and congested areas of town and rural areas has become the cause of growing fire incidents threatening to life and public property.
Another person watching the said incident laid stress on proper management of electricity wires, besides checking of illegal underground hooking.
It is pertinent to mention that Jammu and Kashmir state ranks at the top of the list of power pilferage in the country and several incidents have been witnessed in the state in past wherein property worth cores of rupees were reduce to ashes. |
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