Sangrama Sopore residents protest frequent power cuts
Sopore: The residents of Sangrama area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday staged a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for failing to provide adequate electricity to them since the past many weeks.
Reports said that the protesters comprising of the locals residents blocked the Baramulla-Srinagar highway, thereby halting Traffic movement for several hours.
The residents blamed authorities for their sufferings, saying that they are facing immense hardships due to the unscheduled power cuts in their area particularly during the holy month of Ramadhan.
The protesting residents alleged that PDD department has failed to provide them adequate power supply.
“In the absence of electricity, the students in the locality are suffering the most as they couldn’t prepare themselves for their examinations,”, they said.
Muzaffar Ahmad, a local resident said that they have brought the issue to the concerned department several times, but to no avail, thereby forcing them to hit the roads.
The residents urged the PDD officials to take necessary steps and redress their grievance at an earliest.
The protesting residents further threatened to launch an agitation in case their grievance is not redressed soon.
Meanwhile, a team of senior police officials reached the spot and assured te protestors that the matter will be taken up with the higher authorities of PDD.
Bilal Ahmad
