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| Locals hold protest, block Bijbehara-Langanbal road | | Budroo reels under darkness | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, May 26: Hundreds of men, women and children of Village Budroo in South Kashmir's Phalgam tehsil on Monday staged a strong protest demonstration against the Power development department for their indifferent attitude in installing the transformer which got damaged in April month of this year. Protesters raised high pitched slogans against the department and blocked the busy Bijbehara-Langnabal road resulting serve difficulties to employees, school going children and to Pahalgam visiting outside state tourists. According to local the village is reeling under darkness since last four months and the department has failed in mitigating their problems. They said besides repeated requests and submission department has neither repaired the transformer nor installed the upgraded one, which was allotted to village in 2013. "Last year our village was included in the list of 13 villages and according to the on ground feasibility were upgraded but it is an irony that all other 12 transformers were installed in their respective villages but we are still being deprived of it besides we pay flat rates even these days when we don't have the facility of electricity,"agitating Youth, Asif Bashir said. He said that they have decided not to pay the fee till they get the facility from the department. Locals said that upgraded transformer was allotted to the village via order number PSDA/794 Dated 11-09-2013 but the upgraded transformer was installed in a nearby village by the department on political approach. Locals have urged Chief Engineer Power development Department to look personnel in this matter and resolve their grievance on priority bases. Later senior police officials including SDPO Bijbehara and SHO Srigufwara visited the area and pacified protesters by assuring them that they will convey their grievance to higher ups of the department. |
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