{"id":8113,"date":"2016-12-17T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T15:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=8113"},"modified":"2016-12-17T20:58:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T15:28:07","slug":"bone-chilling-winter-pdd-starts-massive-power-curtailment-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=8113","title":{"rendered":"In bone chilling winter, PDD starts massive power curtailment in Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srinagar:<\/strong> As the Valley is witnessing bone chilling days of winter, the Power Development Department (PDD) has once again started massive curtailment in almost in all districts including the summer capital Srinagar.<\/em><\/p>\n

Besides, non-metered areas, the metered areas are also not being spared with the department going for power curtailment.<\/em><\/p>\n

The office received various complaints from all most all the districts of the valley including Srinagar city about the power curtailment.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing regular power cuts for past one week even when the area is fully metered,\u201d the complainant said.<\/em><\/p>\n

They said that the problem intensifies in the evening and the area is completely blacked out for several hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said that every year PDD comes up with a same excuse of less generation and more demand. \u201cDespite power tariff being raised so many times during past years, PDD has nothing to offer to its consumers except lame excuses,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n

Noorbag, Qamarwari people also alleged that despite being a metered area, they are without round the clock power supply.<\/em><\/p>\n

The residents said the PDD officials had promised 24-hour power supply to the area while installing meters. \u201cHowever, we are facing power cuts. This is sheer discrimination,\u201d the residents said.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Chanapora, Hyderpora, Rambagh, Sanatnager, people are also complaining about the unscheduled power cuts. \u201cThe massive power cuts have indicated that the winter would be harsh this winter,\u201d said Habib-ullah of, Hyderpora.<\/em><\/p>\n

The situation is not different in north Kashmir\u2019s Baramullah district. The complaints are pouring in from this town, including old town Baramullah, and other areas. \u201cEven the metered colonies like Kanlibagh, Friends Colony and Noorbagh are being subjected to long power cuts,\u201d people complained.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIn our area there is no schedule for load-shedding and it is up to PDD employees to curtail the power and they exercise the curtailment option frequently,\u201d said Asim Mustafa of Baramulla.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sopore people alleged that, the unscheduled power cuts are a norm.<\/em><\/p>\n

The residents of Noorbagh, New Colony, Batpoora, Armpora, Khushal Mutu also complained about unprecedented power cuts.<\/em><\/p>\n

However the power department says that that people are resorting to theft and hooking. \u201cEven in posh colonies people resort to hooking creating problem in smooth supply of electricity,\u201d one of the officials of the PDD said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile sources in power department said that the PDD is yet to formulate the new curtailment schedule and department is likely to implement the new schedule in coming days. (PTK)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar: As the Valley is witnessing bone chilling days of winter, the Power Development Department (PDD) has once again started massive curtailment in almost in all districts including the summer capital Srinagar. Besides, non-metered areas, the metered areas are also not being spared with the department going for power curtailment. The office received various complaints […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}