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| Worn-out wooden electric poles, dangling wires pose threat | | |  Early Times Report
Mendhar, Apr 15: Apprehending insecurity in the locality, the residents of Kalaban village today expressed serious concern over hanging of electricity wires with trees in villages and said that concerned Power Development Department (PDD) is least concerned over security concerns of people of said locality in Mendhar Tehasil of Poonch.
Accusing the PDD Mendhar Sub Division of putting the lives of residents in danger by not aligning the electricity transmission lines on the electric poles, the people of Kalaban Welfare Committee Chairman Nissar Ahmed Chichi said that the wires let to hang upon trees which can make people prone to electrocution during rainy days. "The department has failed to install the electric poles and the transmission lines can be seen hanging from the tree branches," the residents said, adding the transmission lines were lying very low to the ground thus posing a severe danger to the lives of people of the area." Local also alleged when Government is spending crores of rupees in Poonch to strengthen and upgrade the power transmission and distribution system which also includes the replacement of wooden poles by cement poles why the concerned department still has not bothered to install new poles instead of conventional pattern of laying wires along wooden poles and trees. Local resident made repeated requests to the PDD officials seeking alignment of transmission lines on the electric poles but they alleged that their pleas have fallen to deaf ears till date. The residents also complained that the electric wires were broken at various places in the Pathanteer villages. |
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