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Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 16- While expressing dismay over the acute power crisis in Poonch district,
senior PDP leader and MLA Mendhar, Sardar Rafiq Husain Khan has said that the
problem needs immediate attention with consistency and purpose.
In a statement issued here today, Hussain said that Poonch district was reeling under complete darkness with scheduled and unscheduled power cuts on rise and the transmission and distribution systems out of order forcing people to come out on streets to protest against the mismanagement of the power development department. He maintained that most of the villages in Mendhar constituency were steeping into darkness because of the callousness of the department.
Khan further added that the people protesting for power supply are dealt with batons and thrashed in streets for demanding the basic human necessity and the administration has done precious little to tackle the problem. He further said that despite repeated assurances of the government, there is no respite to the problem of acute power shortage people of valley are confronted with.
Khan demanded immediate restoration of power supply in Mendhar and other areas of Poonch district to minimize the sufferings of the people of this frontier district.
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