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Residents fume over erratic power cuts
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, January 4
Even as the entire north India continues to reel under intense cold wave, residents of Rajouri and Poonch district are facing a miserable time, owing to the marathon unscheduled power cuts.

The residents alleged that the Power Development Department (PDD) had been imposing long and unscheduled power cuts which had made their life miserable. They complained that power supply was erratic during the day as well as at night. They rued that even though the department as per its schedule had to curtail power for six hours, they imposed cuts for more than 12 hours.

“Since intense cold wave is prevailing here for the last few days, the only way to survive is to keep ourselves warm. But since there is no electricity in our area, we cannot use electronic gadgets. Our survival has become difficult,” said Azhar Ahmed, a resident of Bhella colony in Rajouri.

“The PDD should provide electricity as per the schedule.”

The residents complained that the PDD had failed to supply uninterrupted power for even an hour. Meanwhile, said a senior PDD officer said on the condition of anonymity, “It is true that we have to resort to unscheduled power cuts. It is because the system is overloaded.”