Farmers suffering as PDD fails to give regular power supply: Sukhnandan

Villages in Marh, Muthi, Ghomanasa Akhnoor sector facing acute power shortage

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JAMMU: As electricity remains cut off for more than ten hours a day, former Minister and senior BJP leader Choudhary Sukhnandan said that the paucity of electricity has made the life of farmers tough. He said that there is no dearth of funds which could be utilized to execute lots of work including installations of transformer, polls and change of wires. He said that the areas badly hit due to dearth of electricity include Muthi, , Gajansoo, Ghomanasa, Marh, Nagbani, Jhiri, Kanachack, Gole Gujral, Pouni Chak and upto Akhnoor sector forcing villagers to suffer.

The erratic power supply position in this belt of Jammu region is haunting the villagers, who depend on cultivation as their lone source of income. Power woes have pushed the villagers to immense inconvenience, ex-minister Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar said.
He said the unscheduled power cuts have become a cause of great concern for the people and especially farmers who are using electric machinery for irrigation and cultivation purposes.
“It is unfortunate that the same situation is being repeated during cultivation period and the farmers are left helpless being devoid of basic amenities, especially the power and essential commodities,” he added.
Not only in non-metered areas, but in metered areas too, the power supply remains erratic. The power schedule announced by the Power Development Department is not adhered to. This has virtually become an annual ritual for the department to keep the people of the Valley devoid of basic amenities, especially the power supplies and essential commodities, Ch Sukhnandan Kumar said while making an appeal to the higher officers of the power department.